Category: Culture
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Rethinking the (Long) Pinoy Christmas Season
A call to live Ordinary Time and Advent properly and meaningfully, so that in due time, Christmas can be truly merry.
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Revisiting the HP Dilemma: What’s A Parent to Do?
I hesitated writing this post for my friend because almost every single discussion I’ve seen or been in online about HP eventually devolved into personal attacks. There are good arguments on both sides of the divide, so it pays to evaluate both and decide what approach you want for your family. The Choice You Need […]
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The Presentation
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An Open Letter to Priests at a Time of Scandal in the Church
Having spent a week in Rome, I’m moved over and over again by my encounters with holy priests. (Yes, they exist!) To all my priest friends whom I look up to as fathers and older brothers, please know there is someone who prays for you specially – little me. I have no words to tell […]
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Isang Araw sa Buhay ng Isang Musikera ng Simbahan
Alas-tres ng madaling araw. Maririnig mo nang tumutunog ang celphone/alarm clock mo. Ang sarap pa sana matulog, pero ayaw mong ma-late ulit. Bumangon ka at nanalangin na bigyan ka ng lakas para sa araw na ito ng Panginoon. Naligo pero hindi na muna kumain bilang paghahanda sa Misa at Komunyon. Madalas, problema ang pagpunta sa […]
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Raising Future Astronomers: How to Get Your Kids Interested in Astronomy
A fellow-amateur astronomer once joked that we amateur astronomers tend to promote our hobby with quasi-religious zeal. Indeed, when the editor-in-chief of this website suggested that I contribute an article about getting kids interested in astronomy, I enthusiastically agreed, not wanting to waste this opportunity to recruit more people to this hobby that I love. […]
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Crazy Rich Asians: A Movie Review
In all honesty, I was skeptical about this movie. I’ve seen books like Crazy Rich Asians before. To me, books about rich people are all about first world problems and backstabbing melodrama better suited for a reality show. My question going into this movie: “How I was going to relate to anything?” The answer was […]
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A Few Favorite Moms in Movies and Books
by Cristina Montes It is yet another indicator of how little we appreciate mothers. When we in the Pinay Voices team were asked to list down our favourite mothers from movies and novels, a lot of us needed time to think. But if moms are awesome in real life, there’s no reason they can’t be […]
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A Children’s Book on the Dignity of the Body: an Interview with Nica Katigbak
Have you heard about Theology of the Body? If you haven’t (or even if you have), you’re in for a treat. PinayVoices recently caught up with author and illustrator Nica Katigbak, who wrote a TOB book for children! Why don’t you tell us a bit about yourself, Nica? I’m Nica Katigbak. I graduated from De […]
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Of Suffering, Safety Nets and Kings
Over the past few weeks, PinayVoices has been hopping because of our posts on divorce. It can be draining. It’s exhausting to talk to unhappy women who, blinded by anger, can’t get past their own view of things to hear what others are saying. Misunderstanding is a given. I wasn’t surprised, but what bothered me […]