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For Christians especially Catholics, summer is not just a time to celebrate graduation and go on vacation, it is also the time for Lent. Lent is the season of reflection, fasting and almsgiving for Christians. Lent starts on Ash Wednesday. This season commemorates not only the Passion of Jesus Christ but also of the time he went to the desert to reflect and meditate for 40 days. This season encourages Christians to follow in the footsteps of Christ while resisting the temptations of the material world. It is the perfect time to practice paying attention to God’s presence in our lives and focusing on how we might better communicate with God, which is to say striving to pray better. Most Catholics know the drill: you give something up for Lent as you have Easter Sunday circled on your calendar. But last year threw us all for a loop. We were forced to give up worshiping in Church, seeing our loved ones, going to school and so much more. In the months since, almost every person know...

               It took years for women to achieve their rights and fair treatment from people. They fight for it until the discrimination slowly fade our society. Until now, discrimination still exists but when we base how they treat women back then, it is far different from how they treat women right now. It improved! The society let women do their own actions and decisions in life. They can be the leaders now because BABAE SILA, HINDI BABAE LANG!           March is Women’s History Month in a lot of countries including the US. In the Philippines, it is often referred to by the government as National Women’s Month and represents the time of year when women’s advancement becomes more important in the public consciousness. In addition, it aims to discuss women’s empowerment and to improve gender equality.           The said celebration was participated not only by wo...