Lenten Season Amidst the Pandemic

As social distancing, home quarantine, and cancellation of mass gatherings have become a must in the past couple of weeks, Catholics around the world have been experiencing an unusual observance of the Lenten season. With the churches resorting to social and mass media, the question of how this affects one's faith-life cannot be ignored.

During Lenten Season, Catholics enter into a period of fasting, almsgiving, and praying in preparation for the Holy Week where Christ's passion, death, and resurrection are remembered and celebrated. Easter Sunday—besides its grandiose traditional activities and elaborate liturgy—is the most important feast day in the Christian calendar, celebrated by Roman Catholics as well as other Christian denominations. It is a season of reflecting on one's own beliefs, morals, and piety. It strengthens each and every Christian's conviction that Christ is alive. However, 2020 has been a crazy year since its first days and topping the list is the COVID-19 pandemic that has put the world at a standstill.

The covid-19 may have halt us but we can still do something about and that we can still do what we are about to do. We just need to be safe and follow the rules and regulations so that everyone will be the same as always.

Reference:

https://ph.asiatatler.com/society/lenten-season-2020-amid-covid-19

https://www.upbeacon.com/article/2020/04/lenten-season-perseveres-despite-coronavirus

Woman's Right

     The 2021 National Women’s Month Celebration serves as a tribute, a platform, and a call to action that highlights the extraordinary roles of ordinary Juanas in the society as trailblazers and harbingers of change. This celebration is also a venue to discuss and address the issues that women continue to face so empowerment can be fully achieved. The campaign is also a call for concrete, sustainable, and inclusive actions towards gender equality. 

     This observation traces its roots in different movements in the 1900s, particularly in the United States of America, particularly garment workers fighting for their economic rights and fair work hours.

     In 1911, the first International Women’s Day was celebrated on 19 March participated by millions of men and women. However, a tragic incident led to the changing of this date. On 25 March, 1911, 140 working women died in a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City. This brought to light the unfair labor practices and inhumane working conditions that women workers face and led to several rallies.

     Celebrating the National Women's Month is really good especially for women for they also want to be treated like a normal human being and not as someone who is a burden in other people's live. We must respect each other so that no one will look down over the other.

Reference:

https://pcw.gov.ph/2021-national-womens-month/

https://www.google.com/search?q=national+women%27s+month&client=ms-android-oppo-rev1&biw=360&bih=676&tbm=isch&prmd=inv&sxsrf=ALeKk005vD66CmxCAysxCTvDAAypp141Ew:1618057392007&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjTkM7A1fPvAhXHAYgKHXshBfIQ_AUIFSgB#imgrc=l54Z-VW85Hw-pM