At the end of August, I had the privilege of joining people from over 70 countries at the International Meeting of Responsibles in La Thuile, Italy. When Fr. Michael invited me, I have to admit that I was surprised, since I hold no “official” responsibili...
This year close to 200 individuals and families from the Mountains and Plains region – spanning across Kansas, Oklahoma, and Colorado – chose to spend a few days in the mountains participating in the CL vacation as many other communities did around the co...
Vaclav Havel wrote The Power of the Powerless in 1978, ten years after the Warsaw Pact armed forces came into Czechoslovakia to clamp down on the nation as it was demonstrating a troublesome penchant for a democratic socialism that was unacceptable to the...
Each one of us made it to the CL family vacation wrapped up in our own solitude of worries, concerns, and even objections and complaints. Our small group arrived at the venue, surrounded by friends we had encountered over the years, longing for missing fa...
In 2017, following four years of studying in Europe, Fr. Aaron Wessman returned to America and discovered an anger and divisiveness much more pronounced than when he left. While the last seven years have further entrenched this divisiveness, Fr. Aaron has...