"It has been my dream to serve the kids, youth, elders, and native people by evangelizing Christ in any way I can, and that dream led me to become religious," Samantha Ashley Zaballero said.
"We teach the faith and live it out. We defend the Church, its teachings, and the people. We make Jesus known and loved. We bring people into the church. We go out to see where they are too," says April A. Baybayon
Mary Roy, an educator and a women’s rights activist, the mother of author Arundhati Roy, was known for winning a landmark Supreme Court case in 1986 that ensured equal rights in the family property for women belonging to the Syrian Christian community in Kerala, south India.
"I have always been attracted to serving the poor and the indigenous people, particularly the Dumagat tribe, who seem to be the most marginalized among the Filipino tribals," says Father Pete Montallana
Amidst criticism, faith, daily prayer, listening to God's Word, and a priest's spiritual guidance helped Vichet On to accept and continue his work forward.
Sister Bernadette Ja Hkawn was a government school teacher for ten years in Myanmar. During one year of discernment before she joined the convent, she prayed and asked for signs from God to make sure of His call. But she got nothing external, except something internal.
As the 40th anniversary of the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in 2020, 40,000 trees will be planted in Cambodia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Thailand to strengthen their social and ecological systems.
Sister Ann Rose Nu Tawng, who was a victim of war and a migrant in Kachin State in the northern part of Myanmar, becomes a courageous and generous nun.
St Joseph Tailoring Institute, West Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India was formed as part of the Church's mission to assist people in reestablishing their economies through employment and self-sufficiency.
The Pentecost Sunday on June 5 was a busy day for a Filipina Catholic lay missionary, who taught catechism to a dozen of children ages 8-12 in the southern Philippines inside the parish’s kitchen.