Missionary Life
We participate in the mission of the Church by our work or evangelization.
In accordance with the tradition of our Congregation, we commit ourselves to proclaiming the Gospel among people who do not know Christ and where Christ is not sufficiently known.
We serve where the Church is in need.
We are challenged to awaken the sense for God in our contemporary society and to make others aware of the integral salvation of the world offered by God in Jesus Christ.
From the Constitutions of the Missionary Benedictine Sisters of Tutzing, pp. 1-2.
Four-Pronged Thrust
In 1975, The Manila Priory adopted a four-pronged thrust which up to this day, influences the direction of the Priory.
1. That our institutional apostolates be socially oriented.
2. That we foster non-institutional apostolates.
3. That we initiate direct missionary work in the Philippines.
4. That we continue the sending of Filipina Sisters to the FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Our Benedictine Spirit shall characterize these endeavors by a continuous striving to build community not only among ourselves but also with the people we serve; and by developing a vibrant liturgical spirituality that will draw us all into one worshipping community.
ASSCOCIATION OF BENEDICTINE SCHOOLS
- Holy Family Academy – Angeles City, Pampanga
- St. Scholastica’s Academy – Bacolod
- Holy Family Academy – Sum-ag, Bacolod City, Neg. Occ.
- St. Agnes Academy – Legazpi City
- St. Scholastica’s College – Manila
- St. Scholastica’s Academy – Marikina City
- St. Scholastica’s Academy – San Fernando City, Pampanga
- St. Scholastica’s Academy – Tabunok City, Cebu
- St. Scholastica’s College – Tacloban
- St. Scholastica’s College – Westgrove, Silang Cavite
SOCIO – PASTORAL APOSTOLATE
- St. Benedict Human Development Foundation – Kauswagan, Bacolod
- Sipag-Ko – Legazpi City
- Tuason Community Center Foundation – Marikina City
- Caysasay Development Center Incorporated – Taal, Batangas
- Tuluyan San Benito – Manila
- St. Benedict Social Action Center – Tabunok, Cebu
- MAKAPAWA – Tacloban
- Institute of Women’s Studies – Malate, Manila
- Sambayanan ni San Benito (Housing for relocated typhoon Yolanda survivors)– Palo, Leyte
HEALTH APOSTOLATE
- Divine Word Hospital – Tacloban City
- St. Scholastica’s Hospital – Pambujan, Northern Samar
RETREAT APOSTOLATE
- St. Scholastica’s Center of Spirituality – Tagaytay City
- St. Scholastica’s Retreat House – Baguio
FARMS
- St. Scholastica’s Farm – Tanay, Rizal
- St. Scholastica’s School Farm and Mini Forest – Tanauan, Batangas
- St. Scholastica’s Farm – San Fernando, Pampanga
- St. Benedict’s Farmers Institute of Sustainable Agriculture (SBFISA)– Alang-alang, Leyte
FILIPINA SISTERS CURRENTLY ON INTERNATIONAL MISSION ASSIGNMENT:
1. Sr. Lumen Gloria Dungca, OSB (Generalate House, Rome)
2. Sr. Ana Maria Raca, OSB. (Generalate House, Rome)
3. Sr. Ruth Bartonico, OSB (Peramiho Priory, Tanzania)
4. Sr. Ma, Gabrielle Custombrado, OSB (Peramiho Priory, Tanzania)
5. Sr. Victoria Bulacan, OSB (Peramiho Priory, Tanzania)
6. Sr. Stephanie Zamoras, OSB (Windhoek Priory, Namibia)
7. Sr. Eliza Arpon, OSB (Windhoek Priory, Namibia)
RETURNING MISSIONARIES (2017 - 2021):
1. Sr. Agnes Cerina, OSB (Bulgaria, 2021)
2. Sr. Cecille Ido, OSB (India, 2021)
3. Sr. Rosalina Fajardo, OSB (Rome, 2020)
4. Sr. Leticia Saraza, OSB (Bulgaria, 2020)
5. Sr. Mary Ignatius Aquino, OSB (Germany, 2020)
6. Sr. Mary Thomas Prado, OSB (Namibia, 2019)
7. Sr. Sarah Gocela, OSB (Namibia, 2019)
8. Sr. Angeline Arceo, OSB (Namibia, 2019)
