Life and Goodness that I'm Invited To
Letters"In light of what is going on in the Church right now, a friend called me midweek and asked if we are facing the end of the Church in America."
Letters - 2018 - Page 2
Christ's Face in Our Work
Letters"Splitting their time between Magdalen College at Oxford and Ampleforth Abbey in York, the group focused on the theme of 'Rediscovering Integral Humanism,' by engaging in a series of discussions about liberal education, faith, and the human person."
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Finding Meaning in Charitable Work
Letters"I felt more human, like I was really living. These tiny little charitable gestures, by addressing a deep need we have, help us to see how we are meant to be. That’s why I do charitable work: it fulfills me in ways I can’t fulfill myself."
He Reached Down to Me
Letters"Christ is calling me to simply remain with Him. If I can remain with Him, I can belong with others without losing myself to fit in with them."
“We Live for the Love of Something Happening Now!”
Letters"The G.S. Summer Vacation 2018 was my fifth summer vacation, and I had been involved in the planning for a couple months in advance. With expectation, I remembered the joy and burning of my heart from past vacations."
My Country Needs My "Yes"
Letters"The more education we receive from the Movement, the more our hearts ache for an answer to the suffering (whether self-induced or not) that persists in our country."
Christ Still Comes
LettersAfter attending a summer vacation with her fraternity group, Elizabeth reflects on the changes the Fraternity has brought about in her life.
Over Eighty, and My Life Begins Every Day
LettersWhen José, a retired Colombian professor, and his wife Consuelo followed their daughter and her husband to a D.C. summer vacation, they too watched the event happen, and at the final assembly, witnessed the happiness they encountered there.
Living the Risk of Education
Letters"'The fact that you are at this school is a sign of Christ’s preference for you,' she said...as I rolled my eyes. 'This school is living The Risk of Education!'"
Something New: Do You Not Perceive It?
Letters"Life is full of things to do, work, home life, side projects, the regular routine, even the regular 'CL' events. What would I have to gain from meeting strange new people who seemed to have very little in common with me?"
Not an Imposition, but an Invitation: He Sings!
Letters"When it was time to make the reservations to attend the vacation, I was hesitant. I knew I wanted to go. I belonged and I wanted to be with this friendship that helps me live."
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Seekers and Beggars
LettersIt is through the immigrant’s witness to seeking, longing and hoping for all that is True and noble, beautiful and good, that we remember that we are all seekers and beggars for that same Truth...
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Today, Like 2000 Years Ago
Letters"Friendship was one of the key components missing from my prior understanding of the Gospel." As shared at the Washington, DC, summer vacation, a story of faith and conversion through friendship.
How Can One Encounter the Mystery?
LettersI still remember what my husband's professor said when she came to pick us up at the airport: “You will like the job, but you will be alone.” This never happened.
Desiring More from this Vacation
LettersWhile I was sitting at dinner on the last evening of the Spiritual Exercises, Giacomo came over to my table to say that he and I were wanted for a meeting about the vacation with John and Vittorio...
Study Weekend: Days to "Lift Our Head Up"
LettersIn preparation for final exams, several Italian GS students went on a study weekend together with their teachers and some university students.
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The Fraternity Exercises: A Unity in Christ
LettersThe Fraternity Exercises haven't left me with great emotional revelations, but with a certainty and clarity in what has been given to me during these last few months of working on the School of Community.
The Gift for Our Silver Wedding Anniversary
LettersYesterday my wife Elisabetta and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary. To the question posed by friends and relatives, “What gift can we give you?” the answer was, “Nothing. We need nothing.” But immediately we realized that wasn’t true.
The Common Fund: “With Grateful Gladness”
LettersAt first, they were called “tithes,” and they partly covered the expenses of the first missionaries. Now, the purpose remains the same: that everything, even money, may be in service of the Kingdom of God, as witnessed in the following five letters.
In every heartbeat of God
LettersToday is one of those days when at the end of it you feel so full, and yet so small in front of Christ. I had woken up as usual and said my morning prayers, but nothing in me moved.
Sofia, our friends, and a brunch at Notre Dame
LettersThere is something that is changing the young people of CLU here at Notre Dame. It’s easy for the students to consider School of Community as just another of the thousands of activities, including religious ones, that the college offers.