What I Do Have To Give

What I Do Have To Give

by | Dec 7, 2016 | Blogs, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

“How many more days until Christmas break?” “It just can’t get here soon enough…” “I’m not sure if I’m going to make it.” These are the stock phrases this time of year, and most of the time they’re spoken in the staff lounge. It might be unanimous among teachers...
Advent – It’s NSFW

Advent – It’s NSFW

by | Dec 6, 2016 | Justice, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 3 mins

Usually I try to sound eloquent when I speak with God. I attempt to impress upon God that eighteen years of Catholic education have taught me both appropriate communication with the Divine, as well as a strong foundation in English grammar. In prayer, God and I...
Attempting to Understand Duterte

Attempting to Understand Duterte

by | Dec 5, 2016 | Faith & Politics, In the News, Justice    ~ Approx. 3 mins

This is a difficult article for me to write.   As a Filipino-American, I am not used to having the Philippine president gain so much notoriety, so often. Since his June 2016 inauguration, President Rodrigo Duterte continually captures world headlines: He’s claimed to...
Disney Princesses: How Far They’ve Come!

Disney Princesses: How Far They’ve Come!

by | Dec 2, 2016 | Film, Pop Culture    ~ Approx. 4 mins

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you think Disney? Mickey Mouse? Disney Theme Parks? A pretty princess? Or maybe, you just think about “wish[ing] upon a star, as dreamers do.” Love it or hate it, I’m sure you have an opinion about Disney. Let me...
The Wounded Church

The Wounded Church

by | Nov 28, 2016 | Faith & Politics    ~ Approx. 3 mins

Embed from Getty Images   If there has been one overused line in the past three weeks, it’s the trope: “The election taught us…” We didn’t need this election to teach us that our country is polarized or that there is no “Catholic vote.” As commentators have said...
To Mom: Thanks

To Mom: Thanks

by | Nov 23, 2016 | Blogs, Faith & Family, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 4 mins

Once, during International Food Week at my grade school, a kid in my class called me a turd burglar from across the lunch table. I was no such thing, and he needed to know it. In retaliation, I launched a handful of German potato salad at him, filling his bowl-cut...