During a fundraiser at my parish last year, a group of
volunteers spent an entire day rolling 2,000 lumpias (Filipino eggrolls). If you’ve ever had lumpia, the... Read More ...
One of the first things that struck me as a new immigrant to the US was the convincing emphasis on speaking up. Hearing phrases like “speak up,” “make your voi... Read More ...
It’s always been true, but it’s probably more evident nowadays: we have differences. It may be race, gender, generation, ideologies, politics, or religion, but ... Read More ...
There is something profound, powerful, phenomenal, unfathomable, mesmerizing, mysterious, and just simply amazing about music. I don’t have any professional tra... Read More ...
When I was discerning the priesthood/religious life, I spent some time with several different religious orders. The seminarians and religious brothers would wak... Read More ...
I remember when I was first told to lead a decade of the rosary. I got so uneasy and intimidated as my turn approached. I was afraid that I would fumble holding... Read More ...
When I had a book sale/signing event at a parish picnic this past summer, I only had a handful of people who approached me to purchase, let alone inquire about,... Read More ...
I immigrated to the United States from the Philippines over two decades ago. I was only 15 years old at the time but I was old enough to intellectually and soci... Read More ...
We expect a lot from our leaders. We want them to be perfect and blameless. We want them to have all the answers. We put a lot on their shoulders. So when it co... Read More ...
In his 1987 encyclical, Sollicitudo Rei Socialis, Pope John Paul II warned the world against becoming a “civilization of consumerism” and each of us becoming “s... Read More ...
BJ Gonzalvo, PhD, is a psychology researcher and the author of the new book, “Lessons in Leadership from the Saints." For more, visit www.saintlynest.com.
