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I’ve been regularly attending BCBP Alabang’s activities and it’s quite a ride. We’ve been invited to join the marriage retreat this year, and without asking me, my husband said yes again. It was an extra special weekend for me, Jeff, and our couple friends.

Summer is fast approaching. Does your Action Group need a booster shot? A small group escapade may be the answer. Try a weekend get-together away from everything, keep your plan simple and enjoy!

The coming of the New Year saw the changing of leadership in key chapters of the East Negros region that covers the cities of Dumaguete, Bais, and Tanjay, and the island province of Siquijor.

Every sacramental celebration is a New Pentecost where the Spirit and his gifts are poured out anew, all of the gifts for everyone. We just have to call upon Him to activate the gifts. That’s why the Christian Life is an adventure. There will always be new surprises of the Spirit!

Do you remember the first time you ever attended the BCBP NAC? Two first timers from BCBP Taguig Chapter share their NAC37 impressions and what the gathering meant to them. They both realized that this community brings all its members joyfully closer to God.

It’s easy to forget that Easter Sunday is the start of 50 days of celebration. During Easter we are called to live out our baptism, which means we have to celebrate as Christians. Easter is intended to help us celebrate what it means to be a person of faith. Here are ways to make the season of the Risen Christ more meaningful .

Everyone knows that happy employees are more productive. Not everyone knows how much. In some professions the difference can be 10 fold. Happy employees can be found working for managers who are thoughtful and knowledgeable, fearless and kind, grateful and confident, honest and passionate. Best people work for caring leaders.

The BEAUTY OF INTEGRITY of persons, of community, and of all creation manifests the glory and wisdom of God! It is an integrity that requires honesty and consistency. As we move from “circles of discernment” to “circles of integrity,” we also realize that integrity has both personal and communal components. We need to create "circles of integrity" wherever we are.

Recent studies are showing that taking time for silence restores the nervous system, helps sustain energy, and conditions our minds to be more adaptive and responsive to the complex environments in which so many of us now live, work, and lead. Cultivating silence increases the chances of encountering novel ideas and information and discerning weak signals.

Lent is a time of personal transformation, so it is a time of inwardness. It nonetheless has an outward-turning aspect. Life around us, political life also needs transformation. Love of neighbor starts with direct personal engagement, but it also aspires to a social order more worthy of humanity. And putting God first gives us a perspective on worldly concerns, including politics. James Kalb comments on our motives and how the pervading socio-political affects said transformation.