A Joy that Overflows
LettersA group of friends in St. Paul, MN, go Christmas caroling. "Today I was reminded of the effect of the Incarnation in our friendship: a joy that deepens our companionship and opens it to the whole world."
Letters - 2017
Prison, the Place of Encounter
LettersReflection on Charitable Work in Yankton, SD. " I have learned how alike we are."
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"That lunch left me in silence"
Letters"We asked our friends, and ourselves in the first place: do we really want to do the Fraternity together? Or is it just another item on our already too busy schedules?"
Like a Child Again
LettersOn February 6th, the day after the Super Bowl, I woke up in the emergency room having no idea how I got there. This was my fourth hospitalization as a direct result of my drinking, and I left feeling scared, small, and worthless....
NY Encounter Friend and Speaker, Steven McDonald (1957-2017) Rest in Peace
LettersNYPD Detective Steven McDonald had no bitterness towards the teen who shot him three times in Central Park, and nearly killed him...
Certain of a Few Great Things
LettersThe last few days have been very intense. As I am preparing to finish my Ph.D. program in Tennessee and move to Iowa, I went on a weekend-long vacation on the Smoky Mountains with some friends from the communities...
Flordia Family Vacation Stories
LettersExperiences from people who went to the Florida Family Vacation.
Birth of a Community in NJ
LettersI've been teaching at my current high school for three years now. As the only person in my school who is in the Movement, I’ve learned what it means to live my belonging to the charism of Fr. Giussani, removed from the physical community....
Reality Never Betrays
LettersAbbé Claude's parish is literally the streets of Montreal, where he and his adopted son, Kevin (who also used to live on the streets), minister to his flock: the homeless people of Montreal.
NY Encounter: "...felt like an absolute feast"
LettersAlthough I had been introduced to CL in bits through friends who have been part of the movement and a few visits to the local school of community, the NY Encounter felt like my first real introduction to the movement and to Giussani....
Darwin's Torment
Letters“Thank God though; the pain does not go away.” These words, by a Spanish writer, which provoked John Waters enough to share with us at the New York Encounter, will forever be imprinted in the way I live...
Standing in Solidarity with Syria and Iraq
LettersA look into the "plight of Christians in Syria and Northern Iraq, where war against ISIS and other extremist groups has persisted for the last six years."
Syria, Buccellatis and friends: a Crossroads
LettersOn April 20th, Houston Crossroads Cultural Center hosted noted archeologists Giorgio and Marilyn Buccellati for a lecture at the Houston Museum of Natural Science....
Ecce Homo
LettersWhen I was young, maybe 10 years old, I never wanted to say the parts of the “crowd” when we would hear the gospel of the Passion on Palm Sunday or Good Friday....
Good Friday: Disarming Love
LettersI was struck with the uptick in violence in the last few days, especially coinciding with a Holy Week that billions around the world (and millions here in Los Angeles) enter into, remembering the death of another innocent victim....
My Friendship with Frank
LettersBelow is a witness given at Frank Simmonds' memorial in January, 2017.
DEAR COLLEAGUE, MY DISABLED CHILD IS HAPPY
LettersA letter to Father Carrón.
A JOURNEY BETWEEN CLOUDS AND CERTAINTY
LettersA letter about a mother driving her children to school.
Self-Made Man?
LettersWe need help! We need to follow! And that’s a good thing! If only we could figure that out…
Francesco: Learning to Love
LettersI watched Cavani's Francesco recently and the words of the Pope Francis came to mind...
How God Loves—Reflection from the NY Encounter
LettersLast week, I was a guest at the New York Encounter, a stupendous Catholic culture event held each year in Manhattan...