A Possibility of Friendship
StoriesMiriam shares her experience of Encounter Tampa Bay: “My original plan was not an act of love, it was viewing humanity as something that needed to be fixed.”
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The World as Parable
StoriesInvited to share her experience of suffering at Encounter Tampa Bay, Kathryn finds herself “moved by the parable” given to her
Encounter Tampa Bay
StoriesA local cultural event organized by the Tampa Bay CL Community explored the mystery of suffering with a panel of witnesses
The Way of the Cross Around the US
StoriesOver 25 communities gathered on Good Friday to walk the Way of the Cross. From the beach to the snow, here we share some of the images and witnesses from the gesture.
Crossing The Bridge: The Victory of Christ
StoriesA collaboration between CL in NYC and the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America led to walking the Way of the Cross together on Good Friday
The Greatest Friend
StoriesA movie night series with high schoolers is the beginning of something new in Ohio
“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