Seeking a Presence
StoriesAfter years of experiencing faith and life as worlds "divorced" from each other, Alex is starting to live a new unity.
After years of experiencing faith and life as worlds "divorced" from each other, Alex is starting to live a new unity.
What happened to Father Rolf as he headed home from the annual Priests' Retreat.
In the midst of a frustratingly long quarantine, Kaitlin receives an unexpected invitation.
What can save Nancy from her "lazy, bourgeois attitude"?
The Fargo Community inhabits a remote corner of the U.S., far from any other CL Community. What generated that beauty? An Interview with Matt Prendiville
Living as an "empty nester," Doreen seems to have everything she needs right now. And yet, there is this longing for more.
What difference does School of Community make? Corie is learning what it means to "take in and live what is right in front of me."
When Covid hit, Matt found himself working under one roof with his six kids and his pregnant wife, desperately seeking "projects" that provided an escape. Then, an invitation came.
Zoom happy hours, WhatsApp threads, unexpected new friends: the experience of the Seattle Community
Can New York Encounter still be an "encounter" over Zoom? Can what seems impossible, but is most desirable, become reality? Elisa wanted to find out.
Sam, a recent convert, finds in School of Community an unexpected friendship and a well that is deep.
After a season of distraction, saying "yes" to her fiancé prompts Leti to re-engage the proposal of School of Community.
Struggling after the deaths of both of her parents, Melissa discovers unexpected joy in a "painfully beautiful" encounter.
Homily of his Excellency Archbishop Christophe Pierre
What good can come during the lockdown and pandemic? Seeking to find out, Fred follows the sound of a sermon broadcast across the highway to discover a man who is free.
Taking a chance on Father Carrón's Radiance in Your Eyes leads Maria to an unexpected opportunity to share the CL charism.
Sixteen years since the death of Fr. Giussani, the story of Hans van Mourik Broekman who "met" Giussani last year, making him reconsider his way of working and living his faith. From the February issue of Traces.
This exhibit was a beautiful example to me, and I’m sure to many others, of how easy it is to encounter this man Giussani over and over again—and how each time it is fresh and new.
“Was it really worth it to go through this whole experience?” moderator and high school teacher Patrick Tommasi posed to a group of educators during Sunday afternoon’s panel discussion, “Lessons Learned.”
“What meets the demands of justice and the demands of the human heart?”
At the close of the New York Encounter weekend, the event “Hope always surprises me” featured six speakers whose lives had involved substantial challenges even prior to the difficulties of 2020.