For more than 45 years before that she reached out and ministered to the poorest of the poor, the dying destitute, the abandoned, the orphaned, the sick, - in fact all those who were excluded and lived on the peripheries of a heartless society.
One of the survivors of the Khmer Rouge, a Cambodian Sotheara Chhim, is a psychiatrist and mental health advocate for his country’s people of mental sickness.
After more than 20 years of service in Cambodia, Sister Mercedes Disu returned to her home country to continue her new mission. She left Cambodia on August 19, 2022.
"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.
