A Beautiful Day
Letters"It is not with scruples that a man will become great. Greatness comes about, God willing, like a beautiful day." (Camus)
Letters - 2016
The Other is a Good
LettersWith violence, hate crimes, and assaults against Muslims in America reaching some of their highest levels historically according to the FBI, my wife and I did not know how to respond...
Graduate Student Study Weekend
LettersWe offer two witnesses from students who organized a study weekend in NYC...
He Fulfills What He Makes You Desire
LettersMy first thought was YES! Then, NO! (I’m too busy, right?) And then enthusiastically YES!" Fundraising for the NY Encounter...
Final Fun on the NE Vacation!
LettersPictures from the Northeast Vacation...
Asking the Right Questions
LettersGeneration Hope, a documentary we watched at the CL vacation, is a story about the impact of Mary’s Meals, an organization that began with a simple conversation between a hungry child and a man, who realized that he could do something about it...
Christmas Concert in Montreal
LettersSo here’s the story: I spent the weekend before Christmas in Montreal...
Life After Fidel Castro
LettersI am the proud daughter and daughter-in-law of Cuban exiles. I live in Miami, Florida with hundreds of thousands of other Cuban exiles and Cuban Americans like myself...
Thankful
LettersThe quiet beauty of this frienship is a simple, solid fact in my life...
Friends Meet in Miami
LettersI was recently reminded that once Father Giussani said that the worst enemy of vocation is skepticism. Vocation happens in the present, the present reality in front of me...
AVSI Tents
LettersLast Saturday, November 19, Charitable Work took an unusual form for the people of the CL community of South Bend, IN...
After the Election: Greater Certainty
LettersThe day after the election I visited a local parish to volunteer with Families Moving Forward, an interfaith housing collaborative that partners local congregations with families in need...
A Present Good
LettersA week after the election season’s conclusion, speculation and uncertainty have not abated...
Millennial Hope
LettersAs many an “apathetic millennial,” I tend to look at politics with cynicism and detachment. But upon entering the poll booth last Tuesday, I asked a question, “what value does politics have in my everyday life.”
Sharing Election Night
LettersRegardless of how one feels about the election results, I think we can all agree on one thing: We're elated that it's all over...
The Audacity of Hope
Letters“The Audacity of Hope” was a discussion on hope and the patient-provider relationship in the journey of cancer patients...
"We are only at the Beginning"
LettersI would have preferred to wait a few days (at least) before making comments about a presidency which has not happened yet. But the world spins, the media bombards us, people react, and readers ask questions...
The Sign of a Fact
LettersDear Friends, Last Saturday at St. Joseph Church in Seattle, Washington, a number of us were privileged to be present at the wedding of Thuc (pronounced Tuck) and Charlie...
Two Sets of Pilgrims
LettersI walked through the Cathedral before our pilgrimage began...
Last Night
LettersA reflection on the 2016 election results.
The Gaze of Mercy
LettersHow can the Church respond to a “post-Sexual Revolution” society in light of the Jubilee Year of Mercy? This question was the main focus of the 5th annual Symposium on the Advancement of the New Evangelization at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas...