Stories - 2020

An Invitation to the Real

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In COVID time, her freedom almost "vaporized," Mary is thrown a lifeline--and then shares it with others.

Christ Keeps Happening

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In 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

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In 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"

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An 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

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The Bay Ridge Band reunites as part of an international concert at this year's Encuentro Madrid.

What Is Our Treasure?

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In 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

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After 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

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In 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

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Jonathan'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

StoriesSuzanne M. Lewis

The 2020 Festival of Friendship Ushers an Online Revolution of Tenderness.

The Mystery Exceeds Our Measures

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Discouraged by the impossibility of going to daily Mass, Matteo receives unexpected help from new blessed Carlo Acutis.

The Grace of Distractions

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After 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

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His 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

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"I can't transform them or myself. . . but unexpected things are happening."

An Alternative Hypothesis

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Lucy 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

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"Beginning Day meant saying that I need to be saved, then letting myself be saved."