Women in Alojipan, a village in the mountainous section of Culasi town in Antique, weave strips of bariw into sleeping mats and sell them to supplement the income that their husband generates from growing crops and manual labors.
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.
International Maritime Organization (IMO) reported that only 2% of 1.6 million seafarers of the world are women. This shows that there is a great gender gap in the maritime world.
A 19-year-old, Jacinta Siang Lawng Tial serves the Church as a volunteer at the office of Radio Veritas Asia (RVA) Falam Chin Service in the diocese of Hakha, Chin State, Myanmar.
Father Martin Abad Santos, a Filipino, who was a medical doctor before he entered the Society of Jesus, has been a missionary for the last 20 years in East Timor.
Sister Prema Chowallur, a member of Sisters of the Cross of Chavanod (SCC), initiates to help the LGBTQ (an umbrella term for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community in Assam, a state in Northeastern India.
