‘Matet’ Gayondato is from Lutopan, Toledo City, Cebu, and is a member of the Teresian Association. She has worked in Italy for many years, first in Milan, then in Palermo, Sicily, and now in Perugia.

By: Lily Javier
Lily Javier is a Filipino migrant worker in Italy. She helps at a special center
set up to keep the Filipinos together. Here she tells us about the Center and
about one of the Filipino Missionaries (O.S.A.) who has helped to make life away
from home easier for these unwilling exiles.
Nearly one year and a half ago the Filipinos in Turin, especially the mothers were disturbed upon learning that Sister Claribelle Jugueta, O.S.A. was going home to the Philippines, assigned to a new mission.