Philippine Embassy in Madrid helps Colombian Missionary reunites with wards in PH orphanage

Top photo: Philippine Consul General to Spain Adrian Cruz with Sister Maria Donelia Hidalgo Morales and Sister Gloria Lucy Alvarez at the Philippine Embassy in Madrid. (Madrid PE photo)

Bottom photo: Sister Maria Donelia with her wards at the Little Home of Nazareth in Las Piñas.

MADRID 04 November 2020 – The Philippine Embassy in Madrid facilitated the return of Sister Maria Donelia Hidalgo Morales, a Colombian missionary on 03 November 2020, the same day as her visa expired.  

Sister Maria Donelia is the managing director of Pequena Casa de Nazareth Inc. (Little Home of Nazareth), a foundation based in Las Piñas City that provides social services, home-life service, education, skills-development, and counseling for young orphaned girls. It is presently looking after the welfare of sixteen wards with ages from three to eighteen years of age. 

“The standing instructions of H.E. Ambassador Philippe Lhuillier has always been to extend all possible assistance to those who rightfully need to travel to the Philippines,” Consul General Adrian Cruz remarked. “Super typhoon Goni (known in the Philippines as Typhoon Rolly) was our main concern, but it veered South and spared the nation’s capital.” 

“I was so happy to finally arrive in Manila, as I sorely missed the children that we take care of at Pequena Casa de Nazareth Inc.,” remarked Sister Maria Donelia, who was in touch with Consul General Cruz by WhatsApp. She sent a photo of her reunion with her wards at the orphanage to the Philippine Consul General.

“At this time of the COVID Pandemic, we are happy that Sister Maria Donelia can continue her humanitarian work in the Philippines and I am very appreciative that so many people extended a helping hand to see that she arrives safely in Manila,” said Sister Gloria Lucy Alvarez, Provincial Superior of the Congregation Hermanitas de la AnunciacionH.A. in Spain. END

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