LRQ: The teacher’s teacher

Madrileña de la Cerna 10/21/2017

When I was in high school at St. Catherine’s School, my elder sister Mila who was then a Bachelor in Science Education (BSE) student at St. Theresa’s College Cebu would tell stories about STC, her teachers both…

Cardinal recollections

JASON BAGUIA 10/20/2017

The cardinal is visiting our chapel. Wear your best clothes. These were mother’s instructions. It was late in the 1980s and Cebu Archbishop Ricardo Cardinal Vidal was to spend time with the community of the chapel of…

Church official steps into dispute involving priest, parishioners

Futch Anthony Inso 10/06/2017

  The Archdiocese of Cebu has intervened into the reported dispute involving a Lapu-Lapu City priest and five of his parishioners. Msgr. Joseph Tan, archdiocesan spokesperson, said they have invited Fr. Bernard Corpuz, parish priest of the…

Wanted: Noble protectors

JASON BAGUIA 10/06/2017

In J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings,” the fate of many realms threatened by the dark lord Sauron rested on their able defense by the bravest of men and elves. In “Two Towers” as interpreted by director…

The denarius of salvation

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 09/23/2017

We talked about the previous day’s flooded streets after a six-hour downpour. When he heard the early morning news of deluged manholes and waterlogged thoroughfares, he decided to forgo driving and to just stay home. He returned…

The death of God

Radel Paredes 09/17/2017

Without God,” Fyodor Dostoevsky once said, “everything is possible.” This is not just a reversal of the truism that with God everything is possible. Dostoevsky, a former radical and atheist who later converted to Christianity, was actually…

Words

JASON BAGUIA 08/18/2017

In the beginning was the Word; and creation was spoken into being: sun and moon, planets and comets, ocean and rain, animals and avians, fish and fowl, trees and crawlies, flowers and fruits, man and woman. In…

Righty, lefty and fronty

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 08/18/2017

Father? Are you a righty, lefty or fronty?” Sam asked. “Fronty?” That was the first time I heard the word. “Yeah, Father.” “I’m more of a righty, Sam. But I use my left to cut meat, and…

On mental health

Cris Evert Lato-Ruffolo 07/21/2017

The back-to-back news of young people committing suicide — while utilizing Facebook as a tool to tell the world of what they are about to do — had me awake until the wee hours of the morning…

Superfacial

FR. FRANCIS ONGKINGCO 07/21/2017

It is quite common for people to slow down when they catch their own reflections. One doesn’t seem to waste the opportunity, regardless of what reflecting medium they may be in front of, to check if his…

Stories that can be true

Simeon Dumdum Jr. 07/15/2017

Eldest Sister could tell a story. Whenever a cousin came to visit, she would sit with Eldest Sister for a storytelling session, and they would stay up well into the night. Of course, all of us love…

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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