The Sisters of Mary officially started operations in the Philippines in 1985.
Our founder Father Al came to the Philippines in 1983 to receive the Ramon Magsaysay Award for International Understanding given for his outstanding services for the abandoned youth, the poor and the sick in Korea. At that occasion, he met His Eminence Jaime Cardinal Sin who invited him to establish his charity program in the Philippines.
In 1985, Father Al started working with two Korean Sisters in the Philippines by establishing the first Boystown and Girlstown Complex in the Archdiocese of Manila. In 1990, His Eminence Ricardo Cardinal Vidal invited Father Al to extend his program to Cebu.
The Adlas campus for boys is one of four schools in the Philippines with 1,828 boys currently in attendance. The schools in total accomodate about 8,900 young boys and girls from the poorest of poor families.
The Sisters of Mary's Boystown in Adlas
Bo. Adlas, Silang
4118 Cavite, The Philippines
Capacity: 2,200 high school students
Opened in 1985