Dorothy Day was a radical American journalist, born in 1897. She had no interest in religion even though she lived close to the Catholic church and always encountered people going to mass daily. Sometimes, she would follow the crowd out of curiosity and watch as they prayed, yet she wasn’t converted because her beliefs and […]
After my NYSC ( National Youth Service Corp), the first job I got was in a Media Company, as a Marketing Executive. I was assigned the duty of going to meet business executives for them to do TV commercials, radio jingles, and advertisements of different sorts. Though it was a corporate and reputable job and […]
One of the purposes of human existence is to reach out to others in a life-giving way. Again, to feel the touch of others as well as to touch others in an impactful way. No one is an island is an old saying which means that no one should live in solitary confinement. We all […]
The Catholic church has, in most of its history, focused on teachings about the church’s internal affairs and issues that deal with the rites and rules of the Catholic doctrine. In 1891, Pope Leo XIII changed the narrative when he wrote the encyclical Rerum Novarum ( of New Things). Rerum Novarum dealt with the world […]
ASK in the context of this write-up means Attitude, Skills, and Knowledge. The assessment of these components that make a successful personality is necessary to discuss in evaluating competencies, performance, and outcomes in individual and managerial functions. By simple definition, Attitude is the feelings, opinions, or characters that are displayed by an individual in a […]
I have read many stories about compassion but that of Jean Donovan stood out. She was an American lay missionary who lived among the American Peace Corps in El Salvador. Jean, alongside other missionaries, provided food, shelter, and medical treatment to the victims of the civil war in El Salvador. Later, the American Peace Corps […]
In the bible, the book of Mark 6:7-13 tells the story of how Jesus sent his twelve disciples in pairs for apostolic work. THEY ARE TO TRAVEL LIGHT. This scenario is different from that of other missionaries who usually travel with lots of baggage with them. To travel light means to travel with no food, […]