Valerie Joy Escalona

Valerie Joy Escalona

Valerie Joy Escalona is a journalist from the Philippines. Her work has been featured in the National Catholic Register, Catholic News Agency, and Catholic World Report. She earned a degree in Mass Communications at the University of the Philippines Diliman, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude and defended her thesis about St. John Paul II's Theology of the Body. She is passionate about spreading the message of Divine Mercy and Marian Consecration, and is a cooperator of Opus Dei in the Philippines. She writes from the Philippines.

Articles by Valerie Joy Escalona

Ernest Escaler, a Filipino businessman, in front of his restaurant, Gourmet Farms Philippines, in July 2025. Credit: Valerie Joy Escalona

Filipino millionaire devotes his life to works of mercy, Marian consecration

Jul 26, 2025 / 06:00 am

Ernest Escaler, a renowned Filipino businessman and the owner of Gourmet Farms Philippines, is described as a man of few words but remarkable action.

Jesus exposed in the Blessed Sacrament. Credit: Comunidade Javé Nissi via Pexels

In the Philippines, empty chapels spark call for Eucharistic renewal

May 27, 2025 / 06:00 am

As the National Eucharistic Revival comes to an end in the U.S. this year, many believe there is a need for a global Eucharistic revival in other parts of the world.

Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) at the Divine Mercy Shrine in the Philippines. Credit: Project Lupad via Divine Mercy Shrine, Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro 

Philippines makes history as first nation to consecrate itself to divine mercy

Apr 27, 2025 / 06:00 am

This is the first time in history an entire nation will be consecrated to Jesus through divine mercy.

A Senákulo performance in Marinduque, Philippines. Credit: Brahma C. Foz

Faith on the streets: Holy Week plays in the Philippines depict passion of Jesus Christ

Apr 18, 2025 / 08:00 am

Every Holy Week, streets across the Philippines transform into open-air stages for one of the country’s most unique and deeply rooted Catholic traditions: the Senákulo.

Exposition of the official portrait of Servant of God Niña Ruíz-Abad on April 7, 2024, at the Cathedral of St. William the Hermit in Laoag City, Philippines. Credit: Courtesy of the Cenacle of the Most Precious Blood of Jesus

13-year-old Filipina who loved the Eucharist is officially on path to sainthood

Apr 11, 2024 / 13:00 pm

On April 7, the cause for canonization of 13-year-old Filipina Niña Ruíz-Abad was officially opened at St. William the Hermit Cathedral in Laoag City, Philippines.