An Invitation to the Real
StoriesIn COVID time, her freedom almost "vaporized," Mary is thrown a lifeline--and then shares it with others.
Stories - 2020
If the Hundredfold is Real, All of It Is for Us
StoriesNate and Ashley have been deeply challenged in their efforts to adopt a child. They share their story and what they have learned about saying "Yes" without condition.
He Was Happy Because He Knew He Was Loved
StoriesMinnesota students explore the world through the life of Blessed Hermann the Cripple.
Who Are the "Knights"?
StoriesA conversation with Father Roberto
Christ Is Proposing Something Great to You Right Now
StoriesFor the middle-schoolers of the Lower Midwest, a camping trip is the beginning of the Knights experience.
A Friend We Can Be With and Follow
StoriesYoung people in Toronto come together to get to know Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Christ Keeps Happening
StoriesIn front of 2020's disturbing realities--the pandemic and the elections--Desa discovers that there is need of only one thing. And a new freedom emerges.
COVID: Good for Our Souls
StoriesIn the time of lockdown, following the simple proposal to pray a daily Rosary brings unexpected joy to Sean and his family.
Anxiety and the "Great Eastern"
StoriesAn experience of anxiety out-of-control brings Father Alex face-to-face with the reality of his dependence, his need for fraternity, and the solace of prayer.
I Want Jesus to Walk With Me
StoriesThe Bay Ridge Band reunites as part of an international concert at this year's Encuentro Madrid.
What Is Our Treasure?
StoriesIn a trip to Italy for the olive harvest, Nancy discovers the truth of Father Carrón's insistence that "all these facts, even if they are small, are the sign of that Presence."
I Need Friends
StoriesAfter the collapse of her parents' business, Bunny kept trudging forward, head down, abandoning herself to nothingness--until a conversation one night with a friend.
In Unity with the Church
StoriesIn performing simple gestures to support the beatification of Father Michael McGivney, the New Haven Community re-discovers an experience "so rich that it asks only to be tasted and followed."
My Inheritance as an American
StoriesJonathan's sadness at the ongoing division in our country is met by a hope that becomes visible in the unity of his friends.
You Will Be Found
StoriesThe 2020 Festival of Friendship Ushers an Online Revolution of Tenderness.
The Mystery Exceeds Our Measures
StoriesDiscouraged by the impossibility of going to daily Mass, Matteo receives unexpected help from new blessed Carlo Acutis.
The Grace of Distractions
StoriesAfter months of meeting others digitally, "I had come to expect the mundane." How Marc's daughter's excitement at their flesh-and-blood friends reawakened him.
We Are Found in Our Littleness
StoriesHis post-COVID has gotten much smaller. Yet Ian finds hope in the witness of one who loved without limits in the middle of her own severely limited world.
Beyond the Either/Or
Stories"I can't transform them or myself. . . but unexpected things are happening."
An Alternative Hypothesis
StoriesLucy finds herself bouncing from obsessive micromanagement to nervous distraction. What would happen if she put down the phone and took Christ at his word?
Confronting His Gaze
Stories"Beginning Day meant saying that I need to be saved, then letting myself be saved."