Sister Gliceria Cruz from Mary Queen of Heaven Missionaries, a religious community based in Cebu, Philippines, will be at the Shrine on August 24th and 25th, 2024, to do a mission appeal. Her community peacefully fight the scourge of human trafficking and sexual exploitation through rescuing survivors and rehabilitating them holistically: mind, body, and soul.

They are also active in preventing human trafficking and exploitation through their educational assistance in vulnerable communities prone to trafficking, particularly in the rural areas of the Philippines
They have three rehabilitation centers: The Home of Love, a shelter for rehabilitation of victims of human trafficking women and their children survivors, the My Bonita Home For Girls, a refuge for the minor female survivors of abuse, and the Regina Coeli Home of Love in California, a Women’s Shelter for survivors of sex trafficking.

For more detailed information about them you may visit their website at MQHM.org