Celebrations on the feast of Our Mother’s Assumption

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/16/2017

For four years in St. Theresa’s College, we have celebrated the feast of Our Mother’s Assumption in the Sodality of Mary. We wear gala uniform with the accompanying white veil coming in high heels and nylon stockings.…

Response to sexual abuse

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/09/2017

Recent cases of sexual abuse, especially of minors, move us to reflect on certain characteristics of our society. The report on incest shows how some parents view their children. Fathers in the case of incest feel they…

Love of my Life

Sofia Aliño Logarta 08/02/2017

Reunions, homecomings have recently brought me in touch with students I had before. I had to be at the wake of Elaine’s father — all of the children in this family had been my students. I had…

Bunch ’67

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/29/2017

July this year has been a reunion-filled month what with six reunions I attended. Five of these reunions were with my former students: two from St. Catherine’s School (Batches ’71 and ’72), three from UP Cebu High…

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons —July 30

Sofia Aliño Logarta 07/26/2017

In the Legal Alternatives for Women Center weekly TV program, “Sa Mata sa Kababayen-an” we encountered Atty. Archill Niña Capistrano of Children’s Legal Bureau, Nidelito Jorda and Hazel Bagunok, students of the University of San Carlos. They…

Conscientizing educators

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/22/2017

The passing away of Dr. Thelma B. Kintanar, erstwhile feminist and scholar, “visionary and doer” as former president Jose Abueva called her, three weeks ago reminded me of the work on women and cultural literacy, which I…

Not just victims

Sofia Aliño Logarta 07/19/2017

Although women, their children and their families have suffered a lot in the Marawi conflict, this is not the complete picture. The National Action Plan on Women Peace and Security 2017–2022 declares: “Substantive Pillar 1: Empowerment and…

Reclaiming lost narratives

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/15/2017

It was a rare treat to have two lectures in one day (July 13) by a research scholar and an archivist. Dr. Christina Lee, a research scholar of the Spanish and Portuguese Studies of Princeton University, and…

The women in the war

Sofia Aliño Logarta 07/12/2017

Many images show them clutching their children wanting to shield them from this horrible disturbance in their lives. Then they run or walk great distances to bring them to shelters. Here, they still face many problems. Here…

Towards a cultural education

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/08/2017

In answer to the clamor for a program that will serve as a springboard in a new approach to the teaching of nationalism by cultivating pride of place, schools are painstakingly working out a way of making…

A story behind eating habits

Sofia Aliño Logarta 07/05/2017

There’s a story behind my love for fruits and my acceptance of vegetables as part of my diet. My families lived in Villa Aurora in Mabolo for more than 20 years. In my parents’ house, there were…

An inter-faith pilgrimage

Madrileña de la Cerna 07/01/2017

People go on pilgrimage to the holy places and miracle sites of their religion. To go on an inter-faith pilgrimage is a rarity and this was what Prof. Henry Francis Espiritu, philosophy teacher of UP Cebu did.…

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