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Migrant worker in Taiwan baptizes daughter

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Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera makes the sign of the cross on Hsin yi zoa after baptizing the girl in the Tanzi Catholic Church in Taichung, Taiwan, on May 7, 2023.

The girl's mother, Alina Querubin, is a migrant worker from the Philippines. She currently who lives with her daughter, whose nickname is Banini, in the Ugnayan shelter that Fr. Tajonera runs in the church. She came to Taiwan in 2018 to work to support her family back home, but soon had a child whose father is Taiwanese. Yet the girl developed health problems and the father's family forced him to cut off all contact with Querubin and her daughter. She sought refuge in the church, which has sheltered her and her daughter and accompanied them as Querubin nurses her child back to full health.

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Maryknoll Father Joyalito Tajonera makes the sign of the cross on Hsin yi zoa after baptizing the girl in the Tanzi Catholic Church in Taichung, Taiwan, on May 7, 2023.<br /> <br /> The girl's mother, Alina Querubin, is a migrant worker from the Philippines. She currently who lives with her daughter, whose nickname is Banini, in the Ugnayan shelter that Fr. Tajonera runs in the church. She came to Taiwan in 2018 to work to support her family back home, but soon had a child whose father is Taiwanese. Yet the girl developed health problems and the father's family forced him to cut off all contact with Querubin and her daughter. She sought refuge in the church, which has sheltered her and her daughter and accompanied them as Querubin nurses her child back to full health.