Category: Testimonies
Welcomed with a smile
When we meet others, we are welcomed into “someone's home.” A story from the charity at the Bambin Gesù pediatric hospital.
ReadA yes lived together
The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles just marked 20 years from their founding. Since then, four houses of mission have sprung up, located in Italy, France, Kenya and the United States.
ReadSomeone awaits you
From pain and anger, to the search for someone who can remind young people of the reason why life is worth living.
ReadThat voice on the plain
Walking with a young man in his discovery of the voice of God: a testimony from Colombia.
ReadLeaving Him space
In pain just as in celebration, the initiative of God generates wonder and silence. A witness from Bogotá.
ReadLiving with Intensity
Even in a secular university, there is space for a course on “humanity”: a testimony from the capital of Mexico.
ReadGratitude!
The occasion of a dinner among friends to remember the encounters and the gifts of a past year.
ReadLives offered in silence
Traveling through the Siberian steppe to discover the source of true joy
ReadTwenty Five Years of “Centro”
Twenty five years have passed since the Diocese of Rome entrusted the Youth Center of Colle Oppio to the care of the Fraternity of St. Charles. In this article, we revisit this quarter of a century.
ReadVocation is in the present
On Saturday, June 21, in Rome, three young men were ordained priests. This is the story of how the Lord called Tommaso, who is one of them.
Read“Do you love me?”
The vocation story of Andrea, who was ordained a priest on June 21 together with two other brother deacons.
ReadNow or never
The journey towards the priesthood of Fr. Simone, who received Holy Orders on Saturday June 21 together with Tommaso Benzoni and Andrea La Piana.
ReadThe belltower of San Marco
The life of the parish community of Pantan Monastero, in the extreme outskirts of Rome.
ReadFrom philosophy to friendship
From the halls of the university to the School of Community, all through a book of Fr. Giussani’s: a story from South America.
ReadCoffee and Pick Up Soccer
Tuesdays at the Magliana: encounters and witness from “one of the best days of the week”
ReadThe beauty of educating together
The possibility of educating in a new way beginning from a daily companionship. A witness from Kenya.
ReadThrough the veil of darkness
We are called to bring the companionship of Christ to all situations of suffering: a witness from Paraguay.
ReadA friendship just begun
The gift of an encounter and the grace to begin again. Together because of need to seek out a path.
ReadWithout words
When there are no longer any words, the only adequate response is the presence of Christ.
ReadUseless, therefore, essential
A weekend in Xalapa, Mexico, to rediscover the gratuity of friendship.
ReadEducating to what matters
The involvement of a parishioner with our mission makes us recognize the richness of what we have received.
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