Chalco’s Gift of Tears

Chalco’s Gift of Tears

“Non sum ego eram”- I am not that I was Fr. Bob Golas had been a priest for nearly two decades in the Archdiocese of Washington when something foreign – something uncontrollable – began to materialize in his body this past winter. It came on abruptly. Those in his...
Catholic Schools Week and Serving the Poor

Catholic Schools Week and Serving the Poor

Needy’s Story This is Needy’s story in her own words: “My first memories began at the age of four when I saw how my father hit my mother. She did not defend herself. At the age of six I was in kindergarten; one day they brought me home from school because my father...
The Radical Faith of a Saint in Collapse

The Radical Faith of a Saint in Collapse

All to Bring the Poor to Christ Which was the most difficult for Washington D.C. native Venerable Aloysius Schwartz: a) Become the first American seminarian in the history of Maryknoll formation to leave (he considered their missionary work too comfortable) and join...
Open Doors

Open Doors

Open Doors What is Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children? The Sisters of Mary and their supporters extend a lifeline to invite the most vulnerable children in some of the poorest countries of the world to break free from a life of poverty. Pray. Share. Give. And...
Suzana’s Story – Tanzania Girlstown

Suzana’s Story – Tanzania Girlstown

Suzana’s Story – Tanzania Girlstown “It is not my fault that I was born poor, but it will be my fault if I die poor. So I always study hard to make my family happy.” Suzana wants to be a doctor and finds hope to pursue that dream with the...

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The children at our schools come from the poorest of the poor. Each child has their own stories of what their life was before coming to our schools and how their lives are being transformed by the Sisters of Mary programs.  Read the moving stories of our children in their own words. 

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