From a Catholic lens, Twinless feels almost sacramental in places. Ordinary moments, sharing food, walking together, sitting in silence, become signs of deeper grace. Not magic solutions, but small revelations.
Most kidney patients in Vietnam gather in the nation's big cities for medical care, as other places lack specialized equipment. Catholic sisters lead efforts to ease the patients' loneliness and financial burdens.
A professional singer in Myanmar felt that something was lacking in her life. She asked herself what God wanted her to do. She thought that it was not her vocation to be a successful singer.
Joseph Win Hlaing Oo walked a hard journey to establish the so-called first private Catholic university, Joseph Education University, for the welfare of the lay Catholics and the country’s development to offer accessible, reliable, and global higher education in Myanmar.
"The Catholic Church in Thailand is a small church but a powerful church that is able to bear witness to the Gospel, that is capable of hosting a major event like the FABC General Conference during its Golden Jubilee celebration.” Cardinal George Alencherry, the head of the Syro Malabar Church, lauded the Church in Thailand for its faithful and powerful witness.
Sister Zenaida Cabrera says the goal of the prison ministry is to restore people's rights and dignity as God's creations and help them get back into society with their families.
Michelle Mora Delos Reyes honored men and women with ordinary jobs in her piece that drew the interest of people from all walks of life at a recent art show in Manila, Philippines.
For 15 years, John Naw Lawn, a 67-year-old Catholic priest from Myitkyina Diocese, Myanmar, immersed himself in the mission of the Holy Childhood Association.
The main objective is the advancement of the philosophy of Swami Vivekananda (an Indian Hindu monk, philosopher, and religious teacher). The focus is "Shiva Jnane Jiva Seba" (serving all beings on earth, worshipping God).
Michelle Sto Tomas, who teaches Mass Communication at UP Los Banos, Department of Humanities, has observed that people look at her fluid artworks from different standpoints, leading them to sundry interpretations of a single piece, which makes this particular art interesting.
Sr. Eva Fidela Maamo, Ramon Magsaysay awardee nun-surgeon, trains barefoot doctors who are not medical doctors. But they had been introduced to the different branches of medicine and could treat common diseases.
Sabanal's mother taught them to recite the rosary when they were still young. It was also her mother, who got her baptized in the Roman Catholic Church, knowing perhaps that someday her child would retrace her way back to it.
