Our family tradition is to just stay at home and contemplate during the Holy Week. On Maundy Thursday, the whole family plus some members of my dad’s side of the family goes on a Visita Iglesia. We try to visit as much as 11 to 14 churches in a day. On Good Friday, the men in the family would walk from Sto. Domingo Church to five or six different churches as a penitensya (sacrifice).

The rest of the week, we try to stay at home and be silent and reflective. That’s what we do every Lenten season. We don’t go out of town like what other families do. My dad is strict when it comes to that. He also does not want us to go swimming or being just to noisy during this week. He’s a conservative when it comes to commemorating special Catholic occasions.