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class="col-article__title"> <h1 > <div class="rich-text "> The Gift of Girlstown </div> </h1> </div> <div class="col-article__date"> <time>Nov. 1, 2024</time> </div> <div class="col-article__subtitle"> <span > <div class="rich-text "> The Sisters of Mary in the Philippines educate and care for thousands of girls from impoverished families </div> </span> </div> <div class="col-article__byline"> <span>By Columbia staff</span> </div> <div class="col-article__date-mobile"> <time>Nov. 1, 2024</time> </div> <section class="col-article__featured "> <figure class="image-block-wrapper"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/2024PhilippinesTrip_GirlstownFlowers.jpg/7c319b28640611f0ad657614976283e1?width=900&height=506" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/2024PhilippinesTrip_GirlstownFlowers.jpg/7c319b28640611f0ad657614976283e1?width=900&height=506" alt="Students wave paper flowers during the Supreme Council delegation’s Aug. 21 visit to Girlstown" loading="eager" class="img" decoding="auto" width="900" height="506" /></picture> <figcaption class="caption"> <div class="rich-text "> Students wave paper flowers during the Supreme Council delegation’s Aug. 21 visit to Girlstown, a boarding school for children from impoverished families run by the Sisters of Mary in Biga, Cavite, Philippines. (Photo by Tamino Petelinsek) </div> </figcaption> </figure> </section> <section class="col-article__content-rich-text"> <div class="score-rich-text-block default default"> <div class="content-area "> <div class="rich-text "> <p>It was an<strong> </strong>impressive sight. As Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly, Supreme Chaplain Archbishop William Lori and Archbishop Charles Brown, the papal nuncio to the Philippines, entered an outdoor auditorium for morning Mass at a Catholic school in Biga, Cavite, on Aug. 24, thousands of girls wearing white and blue uniforms waited for them in perfect, awe-inspiring silence. These were students served by the Sisters of Mary at Girlstown, a boarding school about an hour south of Manila that educates approximately 3,000 girls from impoverished families.</p> <p>The Sisters of Mary — founded in 1964 by Venerable Msgr. Aloysius Schwartz, a U.S.-born priest and Knight of Columbus who spent nearly his entire priesthood ministering in Asia — currently numbers more than 400 members who serve over 20,000 children worldwide. The religious community and its counterpart, the Brothers of Christ, offer free educational and vocational training to underprivileged children in the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Latin America and Tanzania. They also provide medical care for the sick and dying, and shelter for the homeless and helpless.</p> <p>With Archbishop Lori and Msgr. Pedro Quitorio concelebrating, Archbishop Brown celebrated Mass for the Girlstown students, after which the girls put on a lively cultural show, with singing and dancing, for their guests.</p> <figure class="image right"><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/2024PhilippinesVisit_Girlstown.jpg/50b5bc2a638b11f08ab3d6d1c2f4bac5" alt="Archbishop Charles Browand Supreme Knight Kelly, with his fa mily, visit a classroom at Girlstown" width="800" height="600"> <figcaption>Archbishop Charles Brown, apostolic nuncio to the Philippines, and Supreme Knight Kelly, with his family, visit a classroom at Girlstown, a boarding school managed by the Sisters of Mary in Biga, Cavite. (Photo by Tamino Petelinsek)</figcaption> </figure> <p>The supreme knight and supreme chaplain expressed their appreciation to Sister Elena Belarmino, the order’s superior general, and the assembled students and faculty.</p> <p>“Way back in 2016, Sister Elena came to my office in Baltimore, and she told me about the Sisters of Mary and about Boystown and Girlstown,” said Archbishop Lori. “I had no idea. Now I do! I am just so grateful to God to be able to come here today and see all of you.”</p> <p>Supreme Knight Kelly, applauding the girls for their performances, said, “You’ve really warmed our hearts today. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you so very much!”</p> <p>For more information about the charitable mission of the Sisters of Mary, visit <a href="https://www.worldvillages.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">worldvillages.org</a>.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> </section> <section class="col-article__related-articles bg-colorExtraLightGrey"> <section class="article-card-block container"> <section class="article-card-block__title content-grid"> <h1 class="article-card-block__title__text grid-col-full text-left">Related Articles</h1> </section> <section class="article-card-block__cards content-grid"> <div class="article-card"> <div class="article-card__image"> <a href="/faith/life-of-the-church/2025/12/the-kindly-light-of-catholic-education/"> <picture><source srcset="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Newman_CatholicSchoolFence.jpg/Zz0xYjZkYTgxOGNmYjMxMWYwYTk1ZGNlZWE2ZTIzMTVhNA==?width=318&height=212" /><img src="https://files.kofc.org/images/assets/Newman_CatholicSchoolFence.jpg/Zz0xYjZkYTgxOGNmYjMxMWYwYTk1ZGNlZWE2ZTIzMTVhNA==?width=318&height=212" alt="Students and staff members of Holy Innocents School stand before custom-printed fencing screens donated by Msgr. 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