Relying on Friends
LettersOn April 4, I received the news that my mother had suffered a massive stroke on the left side of her brain...
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A New Way of Living
LettersIt was Palm Sunday. The mass was filled with its usual beauty, familiar faces, and restless little ones. As mass concluded Father asked us all to take a seat, and announced he was going to do something he hadn’t intended to do...
He First Loved Me
LettersVirginia Catholics are challenged once again to revisit the moral dilemma of the state’s death penalty statute, with today’s media spotlight on the recent bill...
A Dinner of Friendship
LettersBishop Robert Barron is perhaps the most well known Catholic priest in the United States today...yet you would never know his importance sitting across from him at dinner, as a group of us recently had the chance to do...
Bringing Unconditional Love Back to the Classroom
LettersWalk into any faculty room these days, and you’re likely to hear teachers bemoaning the state of American youth...
After the Surprise, a Tension Grows
LettersA reflection and witness on the unforeseen results of the 2016 Presidential Election.
The Form of my Witness
LettersAs I was going up to my seminary room in the evening of Saturday, November 5, I was repeating to myself, "I'm a deacon, I'm a deacon..."
Death Penalty Referendum: A Judgement from Nebraska
Letters"Taking human life by unnecessarily cruel means shocks the most fundamental instincts of civilized man"...
Steubenville's Festival of Friendship
LettersHere you will find a series of witnesses from the Festival of Friendship, which took place in Ohio, from September 30-October 1, 2016.
Serra Scholars Meet up in Steubenville
LettersThe California Missions & the Franciscan Tradition was the title of a well-attended one-day conference held at the Franciscan University of Steubenville on April 2.
A Midwife's Experience
Letters“Tradition and innovation fighting to change the familiar structure”, “Freedom to proclaim the truth in the squares”, “Christianity in modern society.”
Beacons of Hope
LettersBoth are places where humanity cries out for help. Both are places were Christ dwells. Both are places where hope is given to all who draw near...
An Unexpected Experience
LettersThis was the first time in which I have participated in the Way of the Cross over the Brooklyn Bridge. It was the most profound and beautiful Good Friday I have ever had...
The Grace to Remember
LettersI had a big stack of Way of the Cross cards sitting in my bag...I thought to myself "I don't want to hold onto these cards", remembering Angelo Sala's words: "It's better to throw them onto the street than have them sitting in your house!"
"Keep me Moving Forward"
LettersStruck again by the beauty of the Way of the Cross and the untold stories witnessed along the way...
Your Grace is More Valuable
LettersGive up the Christian faith, pay taxes to the Islamic State, which actually means to lose basic rights, leave “the land of Islam” behind or die beheaded...
Puerto Rico: Way of the Cross
LettersMore than 200 people, including members of Communion and Liberation from different parts of the Island, and people of the community of Peñuelas, assisted to the Vía Crucis, as we call it in Spanish...
Knowing Him
LettersSaturday was a really beautiful day for myself and my family. Thanks to Paul and Guido, both who organized the Exhibit of the life of Fr. Giussani in Los Angeles...
Something to Think About
LettersI like to get some fresh air when I can, so I spent the winter break last week in upstate New York with family and friends. As soon as I got back to Brooklyn, I found myself involved in back to back altercations with people in the neighborhood...
Perfect
LettersA few months ago I followed something in my heart and started taking piano lessons. At the age of 40 I'm going to do what?
GS Winter Wonder
LettersThis vacation was cold. It was very cold and the food really was not that great, but for the 80 high schoolers in GS from New York, Boston, Steubenville Ohio and Washington D.C. ... it was a possiblity to be free.