"I Can't Believe You're a Teacher!"
LettersI walked down the aisle to seat 21E, got out my headphones, downloaded the latest This American Life podcast, and settled in for my flight home from the regional diakonia meeting in Phoenix...
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Giussani's Anniversary Celebrated in LA
LettersThe Holy Mass for the 12th anniversary of the Servant of God Fr. Luigi Giussani's death, and the 35th anniversary of the Fraternity of CL's pontifical recognition, took place in Southern California on February 18th...
Free and Attracted
LettersIt's an amazing experience to witness young people both free and attracted to the Christian life...
Way of the Cross in Miami: Last Arrivals Once Again
LettersA witness of welcome and invitation in light of the Way of the Cross.
Gold in the Mud
LettersReading Chapter 6 of "Why the Church," I experienced the following about the "gold in the mud" at the New York Encounter...
The Women's March
LettersOn January 21, one day after President Trump’s inauguration, my husband and I made our way to the metro to go to downtown LA. When we got there, the scene was totally unlike what one usually sees around a Los Angeles metro stop...
March for Love
LettersI have a proclivity for intensity and confrontation. I am perfectly at home at an anti-abortion protest, in a good versus evil mindset. My experience on the March for Life was not of my own making...
Abortion Mentality?
LettersThis morning I was able to view a little bit of the live streaming of the March for Life in Washington, DC. Vice President Mike Pence and New York Archbishop, Timothy Cardinal Dolan took the stage at different times to show their support...
The New York Encounter: Why?
LettersI wrote for "Traces" again this New York Encounter but in the middle of it I wondered whether I had made a mistake. I enjoy writing but it is always slog.
Well Read Mom: The Year of the Friend
LettersThis weekend I attended the Well Read Mom Conference at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul MN. I’m not a mom, nor am I that well read, but I was invited to talk to the participants about one of my favorite subjects, "The Lord of the Rings."
Why I Marched
LettersThis weekend I attended the March For Life in Washington DC. It was truly a pilgrimage because we spent over 24 hours on a bus on the way out and on the way back...
Volunteering at the Encounter
LettersIn the weeks leading up to the Encounter, I had been reawakened, with help from my School of Community, to my need to say Yes to Christ’s presence in my life, through my very flawed humanity...