Asia's premier Catholic university, The University of Sto. Thomas (UST) was the host of the first-ever Philippine Conference on New Evangelization (PCNE) on October 16-18, 2013. It was convened by His Eminence Luis Antonio G. Around 5,000 registered delegates from the different sectors of the universal church coming from the different parts of the Philippines, as well as other parts of Asia. Sr. Mary Adeline Abamo, SDS was with the group of Justice Peace Integrity

Opening Eucharistic Celebration and Creation Commission in facilitating the first day break-out workshops. The session facilitated was on Dynamic Encounter with God and the Whole of Creation.

The next few days were a historic event that answer to the call on new evangelization and a way to reawaken the vision of Second Plenary Council of the Philippines (PCP II) years ago of a renewed, integral evangelization among Filipino Catholics.