Last Sunday, our youngest received the sacrament of Baptism. Like the boys, she was welcomed into the Catholic Church early. She is three weeks old. Ig was almost two months. And J was a month old. Like the boys, she wore my Baptismal bib, a thin piece of cloth, with the Cross in light blue, […]
Gawad Kalinga Diaries: Spiritual Sanctuary
The verse below was on a tiny piece of white paper, given to me by the marketing team during the Gawad Kalinga recollection last week. It was my first Gawad Kalinga recollection in exactly two years. JEREMIAH 29:13-14 “You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. I will […]
Friendship and YTRiP
Last night I was able to meet up with a good friend (Hi Clare!). And as always, it was good. Coffee/Hot Chocolate and a hearty breakfast at the odd-hour of 9pm at Bo’s Katipunan. A familiar, homey area to set the tone of our life-updates. There are some friendships that are formed over years of […]
Bayani Challenge: Mahirap Daw.
Most young people are up for any challenge. Most young people want to prove it to their peers, to themselves and to the world that they Can – regardless of what it is, most young people will take on a challenge and naively (or idealistically) say – Bring it On. And that’s what we did. […]
Brave Hearts.
So Pedro Arrupe tells us to fall in love. And we all do. We fall in love – and as he says – it influences everything that we do. And because it’s such a wonderful, beautiful thing – we celebrate it on the 14th of February. 🙂 The love he speaks of need not be […]