Discovering a Friend in Enzo Piccinni
StoriesJohn 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.
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Hope Reborn: Sharing the Hope of Comunità Cenacolo
StoriesMembers from the Miami community participate in a screening of Hope Reborn, a film that shares the experience of prayer, work, and love within Comunità Cenacolo
The Power of Grace
StoriesA man like many, unworthy and full of limits, yet in him God’s work is made manifest. Davide Prosperi's commentary on Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory, one of the recommended books to read over the summer
Nagasaki. Life after the bomb
StoriesThe hematologist Masao Tomonaga, a survivor of the Nagasaki explosion, has dedicated his life to studying and treating the effects of nuclear radiation. “They are inhuman weapons. Peace depends on what is in our thoughts”
A Beauty Worth Sharing
StoriesTatiana shares the experience of the CL Summer Vacation in with other members of the Puerto Rico community.
The Poverty of Lent Amidst the Heat of Summer
StoriesJoan reflects on how the Lenten retreat provides an important starting point for her today.
Discovering Dependency: an Answer to a Prayer
StoriesMolly 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
StoriesJonathan considers American history in all its complexity from the vantage point of friendship within the community at the recent Tri-State CL Family Vacation.
Grace Abounds on the Lower Midwest Family Vacation
StoriesJulie, a mother of young children, recounts her days attending the Lower Midwest Family Vacation in Tennessee, which was dominated by the experience of offering.
Pilgrims of Hope In Los Angeles
StoriesThe 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
StoriesAn 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
StoriesParticipants on the Northeast CL Family vacation prepared a presentation that examined American history through the lens of Fr. Luigi Giussani
The Gift of Friendship
StoriesThe CLU Jubilee Pilgrimage 2025: “This is real, and we all just received a tremendous gift!”
American University Students: Pilgrims of Hope
StoriesCLU Pilgrims to Rome share their reflections on attending the Jubilee of Movements
Our Home Is In Christ
StoriesFrom Athens to Cincinnati: an unexpected friendship that is a sign of the Resurrection
A Single Mission
Stories“At Pentecost, Mary, the Apostles, and the disciples with them received a Spirit of unity, which forever grounded in the one Lord Jesus Christ, all their diversity.”
Completing Ourselves and Belonging
StoriesDoes what we do and who we are make a difference? Meditations on the Upper Midwest Spiritual Exercises
For Love of Jesus
Stories“The community is the dimension and condition necessary for the human seed to bear fruit”
Jubilee of Movements. Prosperi's message
StoriesThe words of the President of the Fraternity of CL on the eve of the pilgrimage to Rome for the Jubilee of Movements, Associations and New Communities (June 7-8, 2025)
“He has always belonged to Christ and never stopped bearing witness to this”
StoriesFr. Marcos Ballena Renteira, former rector of the seminary in Chiclayo, talks about his relationship with Robert Francis Prevost, his friend who became pope, and of his friendship with the local CL community
Roadmap to Reality
StoriesA developmental neuroscientist participates in a documentary on Carlo Acutis and the digital revolution