To you

Who are about to read this blog

You are her child—the child of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

And because you are her child, you call her “Mama.”

“Mama” is a pet name for “mother.” It means that one

who loves you most, who watches over you always. It

means the one you love with all your heart.

The one who gave you to her is God . . . While he was

hanging on the cross, He said to her: “Behold Thy Son.”

And He said to you: “Behold thy Mother.”

From then on, you were hers, and she was yours.

The great gift that God gave to the Philippines is that

we know this!

And so you call her “Mama.”

LETTERS FROM STUDENTS OF LA SALLE, ZOBEL

Dear Mama Mary and Pope Francis,

I would like to thank you in your service to the Catholic Church, and to the Jesuit community. Thank you Pope Francis for reaching out to the masses through your modern ways of preaching. Thank you Mama Mary for helping him in his journey.  Mama Mary, I would just like to know what it was like to raise Jesus. Pope Francis, I would just like to know how hard your journey to being Pope was.

Thank you,

Rafael Bernardino, Age: 13. Ateneo de Manila University

LETTERS FROM STUDENTS OF LA SALLE, ZOBEL

Dear Pope Francis and Mama Mary,

Thank you, Mama Mary,  for being a great inspiration to us and the whole world. Please pray for our community to live by God’s teachings and His love.

Thank you.  Pope Francis for being a good image for Catholics. You are so loving and accepting. As a bisexual in a Catholic school, i have a hard time. You have shown how Catholics should act and it makes me feel great. I give you all my respect and love.

            STAY AWESOME, STAY COOL, LOVE YOU                                                                                                                                                    Casmillo

LETTERS FROM STUDENTS OF LA SALLE, ZOBEL

Dear Pope Francis and Mama Mary,

I would like to thank you for everything you’ve done. You have accepted everyone in the church no matter who or what they are. That makes me very happy.

Please stay amazing! I really hope that our future in the Catholic Church will be of love and acceptance. Please pray for peace and justice  in the Philippines. We need it badly. Thank you for visiting us.

         Bea

Dear Mama Mary and Pope Francis,

            I want to tell you that I’m very very happy. Thank you for guiding, protecting and loving my family.  May your love flow in the veins of all people so that there will be no more war or misunderstanding. Bring peace to our nation and the whole world. Please bless my family with love for each other. Keep them healthy and safe. They are my strength and my life. Bless me with wisdom and knowledge and teach me to be generous. Help me fulfil God’s will for me. Thank, you, 

Arrah.

* Tuloy is a house and school  for abandoned and abused street children. They house the kids from 9 to 18. After 18 they are given to choice to leave or stay behind to mentor smaller children. Tuloy is run by the Salesian Fathers headed by Father Rocky Evangelista, SDB.

     

From the Children of *TULOY SA DON BOSCO

Dear Mama Mary and Pope Francis,

            We’re glad and thankful for all the blessings you have given. Sorry for all the sins we have committed. Keep us from danger and pray for our good health. Please help me with my studies, bless me with a peaceful and good mind. Pope Francis, thank you for praying and encouraging all Christians.

Beloved Mother, Virgin Mary, thank you for being our mother. Please keep our world peaceful, all people loving, and all Christians faithful. May your spirit continue to guide us and protect us from all evil.  Thank you.            

                                                                              Joselle

* Tuloy is a house and school  for abandoned and abused street children. They house the kids from 9 to 18. After 18 they are given to choice to leave or stay behind to mentor smaller children. Tuloy is run by the Salesian Fathers headed by Father Rocky Evangelista, SDB.

     

From the Children of *TULOY SA DON BOSCO

My Beloved Mother and Pope Francis,

            Pope Francis, you are called by God to serve. You are blessed.. I pray that you teach more people to be closer to God. Mama Mary, you brought me here to this place where I now live. Please bring in more street children so they’ll be safe. Please bring us more blessings too.

                                                                                                                                From Jovit

* Tuloy is a house and school  for abandoned and abused street children. They house the kids from 9 to 18. After 18 they are given to choice to leave or stay behind to mentor smaller children. Tuloy is run by the Salesian Fathers headed by Father Rocky Evangelista, SDB.