A Filipino woman stands outside an international staffing agency in Manila, Philippines. (photo: ALANAH TORRALBA/epa/Corbis)

Father Kevin O’Connell baptizes a child at Sacred Heart Church in Amman. (photo: Tanya Habjouqa)

Filipino migrants living in the Philippine Embassy’s shelter in Amman socialize after Mass. (photo: Tanya Habjouqa)

Girls discuss reading material with Filipino Teresian Amabel Sibug at the Pontifical Mission Library in Amman. (photo: Tanya Habjouqa)