Category Archives: RC Live

In a few hours I’ll take a plane to Poland. I’ll join thousands of young people from all corners of the Earth for the World Youth Day in Krakow. We’ll gather around Pope Francis to pray and celebrate the Mercy … Continue reading →

I´m exhausted, but I feel energized. I´m not doing anything particularly “fun”, but I´m enjoying myself immensely. I´m not getting anything out of this on a practical level, but something is overflowing with joy inside of me. These three weeks … Continue reading →

Rain or shine, sleet or snow, my family would find a way to make it to 8:30 am Sunday Mass at St. Hugo of the Hills Parish in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.  I actually remember putting on my snow boots, gloves, … Continue reading →

King David knew Mercy before mercy was cool. He longed for the healing love of a savior before Christ came to change our world forever. The psalms chronicle his repentance and desire for Merciful love in raw and human ways. … Continue reading →

In June I was able, for the first time, to go on a five-­day spiritual exercises. Yes, it was wonderful! It was needed! It was all I had hoped for and  more! During my first week back home after the … Continue reading →

Two things have surprised me during my first two days in Ireland, of the three weeks I will spend here helping with the Woodlands Academy Summer Camp. The first was when I arrived to the Dublin airport and all the … Continue reading →

          Do you still speak? Where now that voice That once did speak in tone So quiet, yet Consoling me When I felt cold, alone?  

As it´s the first weekend after exams, we’re having a few days away as a community to close the year together before the diaspora to new communities and summer apostolates. Here I am on the first morning, sitting outside after … Continue reading →

If you’ve grown up in the United States in the 20th or 21st century, you might miss how revolutionary the religious liberty in the Constitution is. Until 1791, no national government in human history had officially declared that there was … Continue reading →

I hardly know what to write because now that the work of the plenary session is over, all the adrenaline that’s kept me going through long days and not much sleep has drained away and I’ve noticed I am tired. … Continue reading →