Where The Poor Get More Than Enough
By Richelle Verdeprado
God’s ways in how He connects people with each other never fail to amaze me. Every time I discover links and relationships among mankind, I find myself so convinced that we are living in an interconnected world. That amazement and sense of being convinced is the same feeling I experienced when Father Seán Coyle asked me to interview Father Brian Gore to know more about Sister Felicitas B. de Lima DSA who was among the ten people the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) awarded at St Paul College, Quezon City, on 5 October.
God’s ways in how He connects people with each other never fail to amaze me. Every time I discover links and relationships among mankind, I find myself so convinced that we are living in an interconnected world. That amazement and sense of being convinced is the same feeling I experienced when Father Seán Coyle asked me to interview Father Brian Gore to know more about Sister Felicitas B. de Lima DSA who was among the ten people the Coalition of Services of the Elderly (COSE) awarded at St Paul College, Quezon City, on 5 October. 
Opportunities to decide how they will spend their lives come in different ways for different people. More than just recognizing these chances is the permanent joy brought about by listening and responding to them according to God’s plan. For Sr Adela V. Paternina TC, her opportunity to decide how she would live the rest of her life came to her 57 years ago, when she chose to enter the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, a religious congregation founded at the shrine of Our Lady of Montiel in Benaguacil, Valencia, Spain, by Bishop Luis José María Amigó y Ferrer OFM Cap. Now, as her 78th birthday is approaching, she sees her life as simpler but more real than it was before.
The author, who is majoring in social work at the University of Negros Occidental–Recoletos (UNO-R), Bacolod City, tells how her life has been transformed by a group of Sisters who live their Catholic faith with the belief that ‘A Child Redeemed is a Generation Saved’. Richelle has been involved in campus journalism since elementary school.