In 1989, the government made it legal for foreign workers to come to Taiwan. The number of Filipinos in Taiwan rose dramatically, and there are now more than 100,000. Because of the large number, and the fact that they are scattered all across Taiwan, they have given many inactive parishes new life, and a number of dioceses have begun holding special masses in English for them.
七十八年，政府正式開放外勞來台工作，台灣的菲律賓勞工激增，如今已超過十萬人，由於為數頗眾，又遍佈全省各地，反為近年已沈滯的教會帶來大量工作和新興的契機，許多堂區都特別為他們開設英語彌撒。