News - 2025

A Pilgrimage for Peace

StoriesAmy Sapenoff Hamm

Mihoko Owada, a photographer with The Catholic Standard and El Pregonero of the Archdiocese of Washington D.C., travelled to her native Japan for the U.S. Catholic Pilgrimage of Peace to Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

A Pilgrimage of Gratitude

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Leaders from Communion and Liberation communities all over the world gathered for the Assembly of International Responsibles. Tom offers a reflection on his deepening awareness of the grace that he has received through the charism, from Fr. Giussani.

Freedom is Dependence on God

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Claire shares how an unexpected injury on a hike at the Maryland, DC, and Virginia family vacation this past summer became a witness of true freedom.

Iconography: A Study of Beauty and Co-Creation

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Peggy shares her experience of following a desire to attend an iconography school in Seriate, Italy and discovering how much she is loved within her passion for writing icons.

Discovering a Friend in Enzo Piccinni

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John tells the story of how he encountered the life of Enzo Piccinni, first through reading about him in Dearest Friend, and then on pilgrimage to his tomb.

A Beauty Worth Sharing

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Tatiana shares the experience of the CL Summer Vacation in with other members of the Puerto Rico community.

Madeline and Molly at the New York Encounter.

Discovering Dependency: an Answer to a Prayer

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Molly provides an account of how she met the movement of Communion and Liberation through a colleague at work and rediscovered Christ and her own belonging in the Church.

An Encounter with a Friendship that Saves

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Jonathan considers American history in all its complexity from the vantage point of friendship within the community at the recent Tri-State CL Family Vacation.

Camp Mystic at sunset. Hunt, Texas, Tuesday, July 8, 2025. (©Ansa/Sam Owens/San Antonio Express-News via ZUMA Press Wire)

Camp Mystic. “In Jesus’ embrace”

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While a mother prepares her daughters for summer vacation, an unexpected tragedy strikes: 27 young girls and their educators lose their lives in a flash flood at a summer camp in Texas, cause by the overflowing Guadalupe River. Inevitable questions arise,

Pilgrims of Hope In Los Angeles

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The Los Angeles community of Communion and Liberation participated in the Archdiocesan pilgrimage for the Jubilee Year of Hope.

A Spectacle of this “Yes” to God

StoriesSuzanne Tanzi

An interview with Pier Paolo Bellini on the 2025 publication of his book, co-authored with Chiara Piccinini, Dearest Friend: Enzo Piccinini in his own words and in the stories of those who knew him (Human Adventure Books, Feb. 1, 2025).

Toward the Promised Land

StoriesDomenick Canale and Elvira Parravicini

Participants on the Northeast CL Family vacation prepared a presentation that examined American history through the lens of Fr. Luigi Giussani

The Gift of Friendship

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The CLU Jubilee Pilgrimage 2025: “This is real, and we all just received a tremendous gift!”

Our Home Is In Christ

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From Athens to Cincinnati: an unexpected friendship that is a sign of the Resurrection