The Lorenzo Mission Institute is one of the concrete signs of the vibrancy and dynamism of the church in the Philippines. It fulfills the expectations of the Second Plenary Council of the Philippines which dreams to be a church that is constantly in mission. When John Paul II visited the Philippines, he spoke to the Bishops saying: "there is no doubt about it: the Philippines has a special missionary vocation to proclaim the Good News, to carry the light of Christ to the nations." The Second Plenary Council of the Philippines reminded us that "while it is true that the Church has a mission towards Philippine society, it has also a very definite mission to the other peoples of Asia" (PCP 107). Thus, the vast field of mission related to the Filipino-Chinese Apostolate where less than 20% of the Chinese in the Philippines have had some effective evangelization (cf PCP II 109), the Lorenzo Mission Institute is a response to the presence of Filipino-Chinese and Chinese-Filipinos in the country, to the thirst of authentic evangelization, to the expectations of a missionary Church, to the continuing legacy of the fathers and founders of this apostolate, and to the dream of a missionary path that would lead towards a local church pursuing missio ad gentes.