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Hannah Marie Paragas Castillo was not like most girls her age. At 17, while many of her classmates were planning weekend trips and what to wear to school, Hannah was already thinking bigger. Much bigger. She had walked runways in faraway places. She had stood under bright lights in Indonesia,...

MEDIUM RARE Somewhere I read a Japanese monk’s observation that as we are all travelers we must learn that separation awaits us at the end of the road. Separation comes in many forms but it is inevitable. Some separations do us good, other times a separation breaks our hearts and turns our lives...

DRIVING THOUGHTS The conversation has shifted. It is now about surging oil prices—not traffic, not even the ghost flood control projects that enriched a few with unexplained wealth. I—and millions of motorists—now check diesel prices whenever we pass a gas station. Two nights ago, along Holy...

REFLECTIONS TODAY Joseph is a humble carpenter from Nazareth, a man of simple dreams who longs for nothing more than a family to call his own. His world is turned upside down when Mary, his betrothed, becomes pregnant. As if this were not overwhelming enough, Joseph finds himself chosen for an...