Why Pray After Tragedy?
LettersJennifer is part of the Newtown Connecticut School of Community. This testimony appeared on the CNA/EWTN News site, July 21, 2016.
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GS in the Midwest
LettersI was trying to put my experience into words but I just couldn’t until I heard a podcast today about St. Francis of Assisi...
Waiting for Him Day and Night
LettersThis year's East Coast CL vacation took place at a new place, Greek Peak on the Finger Lakes of Upstate New York...
What I Cannot Cling To
LettersI woke up so sad today, knowing that this is the end of our time with the Totus Tuus team (local missionaries we were hosting at our house). So sad that I went looking for a sunrise to console me, to tell me of His love...
"Abandon Yourself to My Presence"
Letters"This is the question that remains open in our life: What corresponds to us? Because this is how God justifies Himself before us: Look at what corresponds to you: the resort, your interests, your projects—or to abandon yourself to My Presence.”
The End and the Beginning
LettersI began the Northeastern CL Summer Vacation with some sad news from Fr. Rich Veras, that our dear friend and spiritual director from the time we first met the movement in 1988, had passed away...
Summer Day
LettersThe unofficial start of summer for students and teachers alike is when the school year ends in June. To commemorate the occasion this year, our Newtown School of Community celebrated with a mini community day...
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Florida Vacation
LettersSummer vacation? On the beach? I'm in! I packed my bathing suits, beach blankets, umbrellas, cooler, several bottles of sun block, kadima paddles, comfy matt for lying on the beach and a good, long book...
Judgement on Orlando
LettersIn the end, when we were all relaxing with our glasses of wine and sitting under the trees, a former partner of my sister—a woman who I respect very much—said: “I just got a passport."
Orlando Remembered
LettersThe human heart cannot help but cry out to the Infinite in front of such a tragic offense against human life as occurred last weekend in Orlando...
Charitable Work in the O.C.
LettersSaturday we went to San Clemente to participate to an event of charity called Feed the Needy. I want to thank Joe so much for inviting us and to share with you what happened...
Unexpected
LettersFor John, Marc, Giusy and Marco, only one thing was clear: the desire to be together and live an experience of communion, regardless of the number of people...
Fr. Hamel's Death and the Mercy of God
LettersIn my prayer over the last weeks, I have returned over and over to the life and death of Father Jacques Hamel in France. Every time I found myself thinking about him, I wasn’t really sure why...
Unexpected Mercy
LettersAs we’ve done for the past twelve years, my wife Naomi and I attended the Spiritual Exercises of the Fraternity in Florham Park, NJ over this weekend...
Sofia's Welcome
LettersWhat a grace is the preference and embrace of the people of God towards our life and experienced at this level!
Pilgrims in our own Back Yard
LettersMany Catholics, rocked by years of scandals, seem battle-weary. Rural churches are closing and merging, creating even more layers of uncertainty. Whence comes our help? I wonder...
Pentecost and the Church
LettersI am sending you a beautiful writing by Fr. Jerry, posted on our parish bulletin for Pentecost Sunday, after attending the regional Diaconia...
The Holy Door
Letters"The door must be beautiful and in good repair." This is one of the criteria for selecting a Holy Door of a pilgrimage church during the Holy Year of Mercy...
Don't "Should" on Yourself
Letters“Don’t should on yourself.” That’s a great, untranslatable sentence! Think about it. If you should on yourself, what are you left with?
The Beauty of the Cross
LettersGood Friday: silent meditation, traditional chant and hymns, choral music by Mozart and Palestrina, the poetry of Péguy, Miloscz and Eliot, and reflections on the Gospel from local priests as well as Pope Francis...
What is Happening Here?
LettersTonight, the ground floor lounge of Elizabeth Hall (a dormitory at Benedictine College) was transformed into the Benedictine CLU venue, hosting a fundraiser to raise money to send students on the CLU summer vacation...