Our Mission in Action

Seven Pathways of Healing

Each advocacy addresses a critical dimension of our healing ministry

Rooted in the Healing Ministry of Jesus Christ

Through the Pastoral Development Office (PDO), the Sister-Servants of the Divine Healer live out faith in action through seven advocacies that touch lives, restore dignity, and build hope across the Diocese of Sorsogon.

ALL ADVOCACIES

Our Seven Core Advocacies

Retirement Care
#1

Retirement Care

Honoring a life of faithful service

SSDH provides care and accompaniment to elderly and sick priests and seniors, ensuring their later years are filled with respect, compassion, and loving presence. Through Balay Padi, sisters walk alongside retired clergy, offering healthcare monitoring, pastoral presence, and the warmth of community. Looking ahead, the future Bishop Jesus Y. Varela Wellness Center will expand this ministry, providing a dedicated space where those who gave their lives in service can receive the dignified care they deserve.

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Vocation Promotion & Formation
#2

Vocation Promotion & Formation

A mission sustained requires formed hearts

Through vocation and ongoing formation, SSDH prepares sisters and lay collaborators to serve with integrity, compassion, and joy. This advocacy ensures the healing mission continues for generations through carefully designed stages of formation for formands and ongoing formation for professed sisters. Partnership with Spring Rain Global provides capacity training that strengthens leadership and community empowerment, equipping each member to carry the charism of healing with depth and dedication.

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Spiritual Formation
#3

Spiritual Formation

True healing begins within

Through retreats, recollections, and spiritual accompaniment, SSDH nurtures faith, restores hope, and helps individuals grow closer to God. The El-Retiro Retreat House serves approximately 3,000 students annually from elementary to college level, providing spaces for silence, prayer, and encounter with the Divine Healer. Adults seeking solace and spiritual guidance are also welcomed for spiritual renewal and introspection, making El-Retiro a sanctuary for all who carry burdens too heavy to bear alone.

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Health Care
#4

Health Care

Healing embraces the whole person

Through compassionate healthcare and pastoral presence, SSDH cares for the sick and the elderly, bringing comfort, dignity, and the healing presence of Christ to homes and hospitals. Services include health care for SSDH sisters, a wellness center for elderly priests and sick clergy, and health care for SSDH lay collaborators and workers. Healthcare training programs equip sisters to provide compassionate, comprehensive care blending physical, emotional, and spiritual support — forming healers who see the whole person, not just the illness.

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Education & Scholarship
#5

Education & Scholarship

Education is a pathway to healing and hope

SSDH supports children and youth through the Divine Healer Academy of Sorsogon (DHAS), providing education from K1 to K12. Scholarship programs help deserving students pursue higher education, breaking the cycle of poverty. Financial assistance supports college degrees and the transition to the workforce. Currently supporting approximately 300 K-12 students, with additional graduate scholars from Sorsogon and Mindanao, SSDH ensures that no gifted child is held back by circumstance.

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Social Welfare
#6

Social Welfare

Love becomes most visible in service

Through feeding programs, livelihood support, and disaster response, SSDH stands with the poor and vulnerable, especially in times of crisis. Regular feeding programs serve identified communities in greatest need. In times of calamity, particularly typhoons, the SSDH convent opens its doors for critical relief. Livelihood projects in partnership with PALMFSI and Healing Servants Foundation reach all barangays across the Province of Sorsogon, empowering families to rise above poverty with dignity.

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Infrastructure & Community Development
#7

Infrastructure & Community Development

Healing also builds strong communities

SSDH promotes safe, resilient spaces where people and creation can thrive together. Infrastructure programs include building constructions, renovations, repair and maintenance, and landscaping across the 3-hectare El-Retiro Compound. Ecological stewardship responds to Pope Francis' Laudato Si' encyclical through community clean-up drives, waste reduction, and conservation practices in Ilawod and Cabid-an, Sorsogon. Community programs empower barangay members to advocate for their needs and drive systemic change from the ground up.

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PROGRESS

Advocacy Roadmap

Tracking our journey across all seven pathways of healing.

Advocacy Roadmap

Retirement Care

Ongoing

Vocation Promotion & Formation

Ongoing

Spiritual Formation

Ongoing

Health Care

Ongoing

Education & Scholarship

Ongoing

Social Welfare

Ongoing

Infrastructure & Community Development

Planned

TARGET TIMELINE

SSDH PDO Development Timeline 2024–2025

1

Sep 2024

Prepare SSDH PDO for Organization Management. Create plan, vision, mission, and Organizational Plan.

2

Nov 2024

Foundation Completion. Finalize structure and leadership roles.

3

Dec 2024–Mar 2025

Recruiting & Training. Screening, onboarding manpower. Capacity Building with SRG on 7 Pillars.

4

Apr–Jun 2025

Advocacy Training. Full implementation of capacity-building programs with Spring Rain Global.

5

Jul–Sep 2025

Strategic Planning. Financial planning, data management training, succession planning.

6

Oct–Dec 2025

Implement & Evaluate. Monitor and evaluate programs to ensure success and impact.