The Greatest Friend
StoriesA movie night series with high schoolers is the beginning of something new in Ohio
Stories - 2025
“Where is He now?”
StoriesTwo witnesses from high school students who have met the charism of Fr. Giussani
A Miracle Becoming a History
StoriesThe birth of Gioventù Studentesca in Atchison, Kansas, and what they are learning
“Do Not Be Afraid to Welcome Christ”
StoriesThe homily of Pope St. John Paul II on the inauguration of his pontificate in honor of the 20th anniversary of his death
At Home at the New York Encounter
StoriesDiscovering oneself at home in the midst of New York City through the encounter with friends
The Primum
StoriesLessons from a repeated winter Florida vacation: together because of the promise of new life
Spirto Gentil: The Heart as the Key to Music
StoriesAn interview with Pier Paolo Bellini on the new publication of Fr. Luigi Giussani’s Spirto Gentil reflections
The Richness of Lorenzo’s Home
StoriesA pilgrimage to Puerto Rico in honor of the 10 year anniversary of Msgr. Albacete’s passing
What is the Basis of Certainty In My Life?
StoriesIn an attempt to better understand what is happening in America today, two friends share the fruit of their work on the School of Community
The strongest flame
StoriesThe message of Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, for the 2025 edition of the New York Encounter
The Rose
StoriesAlison shares her experience of hospitality as an expression of living the real intensely
From Vengeance to Forgiveness
StoriesThe Lenten Message of Cardinal Pizzaballa to the diocese of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem
"If politics chooses to renounce God"
StoriesLaw and institutions can be read according to man’s ultimate questions: this is the hypothesis proposed by one of the leading American legal scholars who describes what has happened in post-modernity. From the January issue of Tracce
AI and the intuition of truth
StoriesNo technology can fully grasp reality in all its aspects. As the Church observes in Antiqua et Nova, when facing artificial intelligence, prudence must come first
A Journey to the Father
StoriesAn Introduction to Pinocchio with Reflections on a Father’s Love by Franco Nembrini
New York Encounter. The beginning of a new life
StoriesLives marked by an encounter, witnesses of hope, artists and writers in dialogue with the present. Three days discovering a unique place of “cultural resistance” in the United States
Building the Encounter
Stories"I wasn’t prepared for the fullness and gratitude I experienced": New York Encounter volunteers share their experience
Reading the Mosaic of Our Day
StoriesWhat does a mosaic of Jesus feeding the lambs have to do with our happiness? A meditation on the New York Encounter Infinity Lab
The Highest Form of Culture
StoriesLele Colombo's paper from the National Assembly presentation on Fr. Giussani and politics
“Here Begins a New Life”: New York Encounter 2025
StoriesFrom February 14-16 in New York City: a cultural festival on memory and “the encounter with a great love.”
A Flourishing of Life
Stories"The greatness of our companionship, stronger than death": celebrating the life of Frank Simmonds 10 years after his passing