In This Concrete Companionship
StoriesDeacon Michael discovers that his ordination will be delayed due to COVID-19. How will he face this new reality?
Deacon Michael discovers that his ordination will be delayed due to COVID-19. How will he face this new reality?
Paolo is asked, “What keeps you motivated at work during this hard time?” The answer is surprising.
She is editor-in-chief of the cultural magazine "Comment" and a keen observer of American society. From her "refuge" in Maryland she says: "Nothing had prepared us for this earthquake of uncertainty. Now we accept the call to change."
Father Jim finds himself serving in a hospital, scrambling to "be somebody." What will save him from falling into nothingness?
An attorney is faced with clients who have no hope of seeing freedom any time soon. And He appears in their midst.
Challenged to find "monastic structure" in her busy family life, Vanessa shifts her gaze. And her days begin to change.
In the shifting attitudes that Miriam experiences in her isolation, an answer begins to emerge.
"The Mystery comes to me through the vital and contradictory unfolding of reality."
Marissa and her fiancé's wedding is on hold. In the space of silence and uncertainty, here is what she discovers.
Cecilia came home from the CLU Exercises to a changed world. Here is what is helping her.
Miriam gave her class an assignment on Generating Traces just as they went to online classes. Here is Anabella's response.
Martino Chieffo Remembers David Horowitz
In his studios, among a swarm of musicians, "creating the New York soundtrack". His story, his encounters, his words. This is how a friend recounted David Horowitz’s story in a book published a few years ago.
At first she resists the restrictions required by the pandemic. But then Elisa recognizes a presence that calls her "out of nothingness."
Maria discovers something new happening in her life after she embraces monastic silence.
If faith is not experienced as an encounter, it is lost.
An Introduction to Tomás Luis de Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories
"In front of this fact, I am forced to say that all the contrived plans, plots, and ideas will amount to nothing."
"It is infinitely mysterious that God uses coronavirus to communicate to me personally."
A Memor Domini recounts another black moment--and the answer that transformed it.