Serving without Saving
US, UK and MoreAt the Crossroads event on May 24, 2018, two women from different backgrounds shared their respective desire to serve the poor, and the real and sincere manifestation of that desire in their lives.
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"I'm Struck by the Smiles of People Who've Come Back to Life"
EncountersMikel Azurmendi, philosopher and anthropologist, offers a secular outlook that has, however, been forged by awareness of the most urgent markers of the time we live in: immigration, nationalism, Jihadism, and the value of religion in the public sphere.
Life is Promise: The 2018 CLU Vacation
US, UK and MoreHikes, lessons, singing, and more at the 2018 CLU Vacation in Estes Park, Colorado.
Walking with Dante through the Wilderness
WorldTwo hundred youth and children in the slum of Kibera work to prepare a choral performance on the Divine Comedy. It is the discovery of something that makes them feel like “flower buds springing up amidst refuse.”
Cometa and Hospitality: An Emptying of Oneself
US, UK and MoreForty people spent a weekend together in Washington, DC, with a couple from Cometa. The theme of the gathering was hospitality.
The Volcano and the Heart of Jacqui
US, UK and MoreWhat’s the story behind the song that touched everyone at the Spiritual Exercises? We asked the artist herself. Here is the story of “Be Still My Heart.”
Traces and my Happiness
WorldOne interview, three voices: Aisha, Hanifa, and Sara. They are the three Muslim women involved in Meeting Point who sell Traces magazine. “It makes me love Catholicism.” This is why.
One by One
US, UK and MoreCarie, Whitney and Alberto are just a few of those making up the unexpected CL community in Florida. We offer a journey to witness the origin and growth of a community no one planned.
Doors open for Joy
World“Jesus doesn’t separate the terrible things from the beautiful ones.” The story of a single mother in Nigeria and her journey from shame to an embrace.
We continue to pray. Our story in Syria is not over
WorldThe drama of the civil war in Syria has intensified in the last month, especially in the city of Ghouta, located 20 km from Damascus. Parish priest of Aleppo, Father Ibrahim Alsabagh, and other religious in the area talk about the situation.
Saving the children of Aleppo, at risk of becoming a ‘lost’ generation
WorldMore than 150 young people, aged 6 to 13, are taking after-school courses organised by the city’s Latin parish. For Fr Ibrahim, they are "the most fragile and need all kind of help”. Many of them are “difficult” cases.
THE POPE AND THE ORPHANS OF BUCHAREST
WorldTwenty years ago, members of the Romanian association FDP met children from an orphanage on the outskirts of Bucharest.Their friendship has continued to this day and even brought them to the Vatican. We offer their unpublished dialogue with Pope Francis.
This Anger is not Enough
EncountersAccording to the New York Times (and many other reviews), his latest book is one of the most notable of 2017. Pankaj Mishra offered his clear-eyed vision of today’s world and its globalized “disorder.”
A Gaze in the Crowd
US, UK and More"Films not only show the beauty of the world, they express our longings--those we often don’t face or can’t understand in our everyday lives." Filmmaker Deniz Demirer wraps up the 2018 New York Encounter with a journey through movie scenes.
The Power of ... We!
US, UK and More"I didn’t speak their language, I didn’t talk about religion with them, I don’t look like them but something I did with my instrument made them cry." A witness at the 2018 New York Encounter by tabla maestro Sandeep Das on music inspiring connections.
Abraham and the Birth of the "I"
US, UK and MoreRepresentatives of the three main monotheistic religions shared their views at the 2018 New York Encounter on the relationship between God’s involvement in human history and the discovery of one’s own identity.
On Pilgrimage Toward Unity
US, UK and More"A religious odyssey and a journey." The life of Dorothy Day and its "impossible" unity at the 2018 New York Encounter with Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Dr. Margaret Laracy and Tom Cornell.
Let Me Feel the Lack
US, UK and MoreA conversation at the 2018 New York Encounter examining the almost endless cycle of lack, desire and fulfillment in Terrence Malick's films. Participating were T.J. Berden, Joe Bowen and Patrick Tomassi.
A Human Gaze, A History
US, UK and MoreA presentation of Alberto Savorana's "The Life of Luigi Giussani" at the 2018 New York Encounter through eyewitness accounts by the Rev. Pigi Bernareggi, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Shodo Habukawa, Rose Busingye, Jonathan Fields and Margaret Stokman.
Fatherhood
US, UK and MoreThree dramatic stories of relationships with fathers that irrevocably changed the lives of their children accompanied by newly composed music by Jonathan Fields and Chris Vath at the 2018 New York Encounter.
In the Middle of the Path of our Life
US, UK and MoreA commentary on the accessibility of "The Divine Comedy" by stay-at-home-mom Elizabeth Anderson, Ph.D., co-sponsored by the Well-Read Mom reading group at the 2018 New York Encounter.