“Increasingly, it is not safe to be in public, to be human, to be fallible.” This is how the New York Times article “Making People Uncomfortable Can Now Get You Killed” that a friend recently shared with me begins. The author cites examples of people simp...
Over the weekend of April 22-23, the Southeast Diaconia was held at St. Christopher’s Retreat Center in Seabrook, South Carolina. Preparing for this moment together, we recognized the need to make it more feasible for people with families to attend, so we...
I had just arrived in New York a few weeks before and, at the invitation of friends of Communion and Liberation, I took part in the New York Encounter. Among the various exhibitions, I was very struck by the one dedicated to the Servant of God Fr. Luigi G...
On Sunday, April 2, the Communion and Liberation University students had a Zoom call with Giacomo Pizzi. Giacomo works for the association Pro Terra Sancta, supporting the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land. After living for three years in Jerusalem, he ...
I teach a high school class called “World Issues”, but without a lot of care that topic can become highly abstract. In order to prevent that, I try to invite visitors to class whose work directly addresses various issues in the world: homelessness, work, ...
I had to travel to Atlanta for a conference at the end of February and had the wonderful opportunity of spending Tuesday evening with the Atlanta community, consisting of several adults living and working in the greater metropolitan area, several priests ...
I am 56 years old and grew up in Verona, Italy in a very devout Catholic family. Growing up, I received all the sacraments but never lived my faith seriously. I met Communion and Liberation for the first time in 1998 when I relocated for work in the US...
In recent years, the push to promote and/or enforce diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) has gained momentum in public discourse, academic milieus, and corporate environments. DEI has also been highly politicized: an initiative aimed at fostering accept...
For over 10 years we have been gathering in a park around Indianapolis to celebrate Easter with all the friends, old and new, that do not have a local family to go to. Some of our kids who were toddlers at the beginning are now highschoolers. Other famili...
My first experience of the Way of the Cross was deeply moving and impactful. As we silently walked from station to station, I couldn’t help but think of Mary. I thought of her face and I contemplated her agony. In those moments, it felt like her pain tran...
The Easter Vigil Liturgy begins with the singing of the Exsultet, which contains these words: “Be glad, let earth be glad, as glory floods her, ablaze with light from her eternal King, let all corners of the earth be glad, knowing an end to gloom and dark...
The tradition of the Easter poster was introduced by the Movement in 1982. Since 1997, Communion and Liberation has also been printing and distributing Christmas posters. Some forty years later, they have become a part of the canon of Communion and Libera...
“We did so little to make this happen, but there’s been so much that’s been generated from this.” Luke, one of our teammates and friends who worked on the exhibit for the New York Encounter – Enzo Piccinini: Surgeon, Son, Father, Friend – began his judgme...
Wonder is an experience that opens one up to the possibility of experiencing themselves, others, and God more fully. Wonder is “an experiential learning program for participants to encounter nature and people through awe, surprise, and beauty”, hosting di...
When Michelle Yeoh, the star of Everything Everywhere All at Once and the winner of seven Academy Awards, was interviewed on the “champagne carpet” she mentioned that what drew her to the script was the homage it gives to moms as superheroes, as her chara...
