Author Archives: Paola Trevino

In Athens at the beginning of the Christian era, there was an inscription on an altar that read: “To an Unknown God.” Twenty centuries later, perhaps we no longer find those words written under any altar or image, but maybe … Continue reading →

What must I do to be saved? This question that the jailer of St. Paul asked more than 2000 years ago is the same question that we ask ourselves today. Generation after generation, it is as an echo from those … Continue reading →

While in Haiti I had the grace of visiting a few houses of the Missionaries of Charity and spend time with “Mother Theresa’s nuns”. As always, they are women of few words. But those words can be sharp as a … Continue reading →

I have been in Haiti for the past week with a couple of psychologists. We are helping at two hospitals for mentally handicapped people. It’s has begin an amazing experience of God’s love, mercy and compassion. These children, men and … Continue reading →

We can believe that the mission is almost over! For us here in the Far East Island of the Philippines, time has flown! Sunday was Prison Ministry; we celebrated the feast of Corpus Christi with the inmates. We distributed bread … Continue reading →

These past couple of days have been busy and beautiful. Yesterday, we spent the day planning and preparing the classes for next week. You would have been amazed to see the missionaries’ dedication for almost six hours! Also, they made … Continue reading →

Greetings from the Far East island of Manila! We have reached the halfway mark of our mission trip. Many things have happened and many experiences lived. On the first Sunday here, we attended mass in Tagalog, so we didn’t understand … Continue reading →

After almost three hours of Mass in Tagalog with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle of Manila, we finally started our drive to the Manila Minimum Security Detention Center. I didn’t know what to expect. It isn’t my first experience in prison … Continue reading →

I’m here in the Philippines for the Mission Youth Corps Summer 2014, with five missionaries. We will center our work in Mano Amiga, a school for unprivileged children run by Regnum Christi Philippines. Manila is the capital of the Philippines … Continue reading →

We arrived at the Children’s Home at 9:00 am as usual. To our surprise Sr Franceso MC was seated outside the convent near the containers of food. She immediately greeted us and as always she said: “Thank you for coming … Continue reading →