Philippines

The Sacred Heart School Heads of Asia and Australia-New Zealand came together in Seoul, Korea on 29 September to 2 October for a conference on Peace Education.

I guess, from the very start of wanting to become a religious sister, was the desire to be a missionary. I vividly remember that intimate moment when I received my first holy communion and with my heart burning saying to Jesus whom I had just received, that I would give myself entirely to him and be a missionary beyond the boundaries of my country in faraway distant lands. Later that far away land I identified as Africa. I was going to go, love and serve in Africa! Yes, that is how Jesus lured me.

Ten years ago, Tahanan ng Mahal na Puso (Sacred Heart Home) was born. Let us celebrate this "bridge of hope" in Montalban (Philippines). View the video that shares this joy, hope, and gratitude.....

Nine months have passed since Supertyphoon Yolanda hit the Philippines. Rehabilitation efforts continue. Yuka Arita RSCJ, District Treasurer of the Philippines, makes an account of how donations have been used.

On 27 August, Geraldine Villaluz RSCJ of the Philippine District launched "Nalandangan: Talaandig Mothers’ Peace Efforts for a Culture of Peace," a document of values gathered from a group of Talaandig Mothers’ peace efforts in Bukidnon, north of Mindanao.

Thank you so much for your generous solidarity with the victims of the super-typhoon Yolanda.

From January 5 to 10, 2014, two months after the super-typhoon Yolanda, I visited Northern Samar and Ormoc, Leyte via Tacloban which was one of the most badly hit areas.  The purpose of the visit was to see the actual situation in the affected areas, to see how the released donations had been used for the victims, and to have a meeting for the planning of the rehabilitation.