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Reclaiming Our Sense of Agency and Rediscovering Our Connections

B.J. Gonzalvo June 2, AD2021 1 Comment

Lessons and Stories of the Past Year Over a year has gone by since COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic. We have been through on

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Preparations for the Joy of Christmas

B.J. Gonzalvo December 23, AD2020 No Comments

I grew up in the Philippines, where Christmas music hits the radio airwaves as soon as the first “ber” month comes. Yes, as early as

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Music Continues to Bring Us Together

B.J. Gonzalvo November 12, AD2020 No Comments

Music as a superspreader is something musicians have known all along. It’s a superspreader of joy, hope, love, and togetherness. For choir singers and musicians,

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A Time to Revisit the Interior Life

B.J. Gonzalvo August 25, AD2020 5 Comments

The soul, as St. Teresa of Avila put it, is a castle in which there are many rooms, just as in heaven where there are many

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The First Duty of Love is Listening

B.J. Gonzalvo July 8, AD2020 2 Comments

Said Paul Tillich, one of the most significant theologians of the last century, In indigenous Filipino psychology, there is a methodology that involves the concept

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Rediscovering Downtime While Sheltering in Place

B.J. Gonzalvo June 12, AD2020 No Comments

Life as we know it has changed since this COVID-19 pandemic outbreak. The norm that we were used to, that fast-paced, hectic, high adrenaline, and

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Faith Education: Quarantined-at-Home Edition

B.J. Gonzalvo April 17, AD2020 No Comments

Faith education by attending Mass in this trying period of being quarantined due to the covid-19 pandemic can be very challenging. For us parents, as

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