World Villages For Children
Thanks to our supporters, the Sisters of Mary provide food, care and education for more than 20,000 children in seven countries. These children are among the most marginalized and vulnerable. Our Villages – also referred to as Boystowns and Girlstowns – provide our children with a fully accredited in-house education program and vocational training. In Guatemala, Korea, and Brazil, the Sisters of Mary also run medical clinics and hospitals where they care for the poor.
To date, World Villages for Children has helped 150,000 children and their families break free from a life of poverty.
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Meet The Sisters
For over 60 years, The Sisters of Mary, founded by Venerable Aloysius Schwartz, have worked tirelessly, operating our charitable programs in the Philippines, South Korea, Mexico, Guatemala, Brazil, Honduras, and Tanzania. In each country, the Sisters work to not only give children a safe roof over their heads, food, and education, but also provide the spiritual and emotional guidance needed in order to overcome the tragedy of poverty and become successful adults. There are now more than 400 Sisters carrying on Father Al’s mission in Brazil, Guatemala, Honduras, Korea, Mexico, the Philippines, and Tanzania.
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The Sacred, Never-Ending Pilgrimage of Our Lives
Walking to Guadalupe CHALCO – Fr. Dan Leary, five sisters from the Sisters of Mary community, teachers, employees, and more than 170 graduates from Boystown and Girlstown communities felt the need to keep things light on their 25-mile walking pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe this past Sunday. So periodically, a single […]
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 had been […]
2023 Legatus Pilgrimage to Mexico V2
Date: June 9-12, 2023 Location: Mexico Join us June 9-12, 2023 for an exclusive tour reserved for Legatus members and their guests. Take this sacred pilgrimage to Mexico to visit Our Lady of Guadalupe and the Sisters of Mary in Chalco, Mexico. This tour assures a journey of faith renewal and fellowship as you travel […]
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 an obscure order of missionary priests in Belgium whose charism was to spend […]
Surprised by Joy – A Visit to Girlstown
Serve the Lord with Joy I recently was given the great grace of attending a pilgrimage with Legatus to visit the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City and then a visit to our own Villa de las Niñas in Chalco, Mexico. As has become customary, visiting the Sisters and the 3,400-plus girls […]
Spiritual Reflections March 28
Poorer, Holier and Closer A Lenten reflection series based on Fr. Al’s Ten Suggestions for Christian Service to the Poor
Spiritual Reflections March 14
Poorer, Holier and Closer A Lenten reflection series based on Fr. Al’s Ten Suggestions for Christian Service to the Poor
Spiritual Reflections Monday First Week Lent
Poorer, Holier and Closer A Lenten reflection series based on Fr. Al’s Ten Suggestions for Christian Service to the Poor
Spiritual Reflections Ash Wednesday/
Poorer, Holier and Closer A Lenten reflection series based on Fr. Al’s Ten Suggestions for Christian Service to the Poor
JOSEPHINE’S STORY
A graduate from the Philippines creates her own video to share her story of how education through The Sisters of Mary has transformed her life.
A GRADUATE’S SUCCESS STORY
Our graduates are the result of our relentless dedication to the poorest of the poor, and our commitment to breaking the cycle of poverty. To date, about 150,000 graduates have received an education through the Sisters of Mary, and thanks to the support of our generous benefactors.
PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ
PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ SANCHEZ Girlstown Chalco As a small girl, Patricia slept uncomfortably in a bed with her siblings each night. Food was often scarce. Everything changed when she was brought to the Girlstown in Chalco, Mexico. “I discovered a new world. We had very big spaces. I tasted different dishes I didn’t know existed. I […]
SHERLYN COMIA
SHERLYN COMIA Girlstown Manilla (now Biga), Class of 1999 I come from a very poor farming family outside of Manilla in the Philippines. I lost my mom when I was 12 years old, lost my dad when I was 13. The Sisters of Mary took me in. They didn’t just transform my life; they were […]
JONALYN CORAZA
JONALYN CORAZA Girlstown Talisay, Class of 2007 I’m originally from Davao City, Philippines, where I was born and grew up. When I was young, I used to attend a Sunday school beside our parish church. One day, they announced that for those who were willing to study high school in Cebu City, there would be […]
ADONIS SULIT
ADONIS SULIT Boystown Silang, Class of 1992 I was accepted to the Sisters of Mary Boystown in 1988 and spent 4 years of high school there. Around three years was spent at the Manila campus until Boystown was moved to Silang, Cavite in 1990 or 1991. I belonged to the third batch of graduates, but […]
MEET DOBRICK
MEET DOBRICK Boystown Philippines Dobrick is a student at our Philippines Boystown. He is the fourth child of seven from a very poor family. His mother is a laundry woman, and his father a construction worker. Due to the accessibility of his work, often times his father would only be able to come home once […]
MEET HAPPYNESS
MEET HAPPYNESS Girlstown Tanzania Happyness is one of the first students at our Girlstown in Tanzania! She grew up with her mother solely raising her, as her father died when she was very young. The two of them lived in an adobe hut, and would often struggle with not having food to make it through […]
MEET CECELIA!
MEET CECELIA! Girlstown Guatemala “I have four brothers and three sisters. My dad works in the fields, but what he earns, he doesn’t give to my mom, but he spends it on drinking. My dad said that women don’t study, that they can only serve to cook and give children. But I wanted to study, […]
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