April 2015 Articles Archive

Using what we had made for a delicious dinner to welcome my friend

Life on an urban farm focuses on Peter Maurin’s motto of cult, culture and cultivation

That family needed a place to stay the night

Urban Harvest in Houston brings people together, one plot at a time

How can we rediscover hope in the midst of personal and social struggle?

Salvadorans celebrate the official recognition of their archbishop, who was gunned down in March 1980

This year, members of the Focolare deepen the sixth point of the spirituality of communion, the Eucharist. We offer some thoughts and reflections of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich. They were addressed to a primarily Catholic audience, continually referring to her own Catholic roots. However, her experience can offer a deeper understanding of this central point of the Christian faith to everyone, either enriching one’s own faith journey or providing insight that fosters dialogue. In this excerpt, she addresses the fact that the Eucharist nourishes and transforms us beyond our earthly life.

At first I didn’t know how to respond