Back in 2019, I accompanied a group of senior high school students from Ateneo de Manila to an educational trip in Seoul, South Korea. One of the places we visited was Seodaemun Prison History Hall, originally a prison built by the Japanese in 1908 to detain members of the Korean…

In my very first year of teaching, I was assigned to teach Christian Life Education and one of the stories in the textbook was Shel Silverstein’s “The Giving Tree.” It was a very simple story that featured a tree who loved a boy so much that it gave away everything…

Mindanao is different for every person who calls it home. As someone who was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro, part of Northern Mindanao, the island has always been a cradle of simple joys and of many vibrant stories. As someone who continues to live and work in Mindanao,…

In the world of actual law practice, we pray that from the years our graduates spent under our watch, endeavoring to touch upon not only their minds but their hearts, they will perpetually carry with them the suite of values of the Ateneo Lawyer brand: to be principled and skilled…

We are now in the Synod on Synodality where Pope Francis wants that the church should listen more to the needs of the People. We are invited to be a companion for others, a people of God that journey together.

To learn the language of the other is to enter into their worldview and to risk being affected.

I commend Gen and Kath, their families and loved ones, and all the JVPs to the prayer of the Province. May the Lord comfort us in mourning, and strengthen us all to continue the spirit of commitment that has always been a hallmark of the JVPs.