The Pilgrim Soul Podcast

Sofi, Adrianna, and Giuli have a conversation about Christian memory–or anamnesis. What is the difference between the secular and Christian conceptions of memory? How does the prayer of anamnesis in the Eucharistic liturgy take up the whole of the Christian life? What changes about our days when we are given the grace to live in the awareness of the continued presence of Christ? // Our media recommendation is Arvo Pärt's setting of St. Patrick's Breastplate, “The Deer's Cry”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ir3htl3UlBk. And our monthly challenge is to choose a line from scripture in the morning to keep in mind throughout the day, possibly by writing it down. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - An address by then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger on Conscience and Truth - The biography of St. Maximilian Kolbe - Louis Bouyer's book “Eucharist” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna have a conversation about the relationship between suffering and desire. The central claim we discuss is that suffering presents us with an alternative: either my desire is for something impossible and thus life is meaningless, or my desire is undergoing a positive test of its meaning. The Christian proposal is that suffering can be a privileged place of encounter with God. This episode was based on an article by Francesco Botturi in the magazine Traces. You can find a PDF on our website at www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com/a-trial-of-desire or an audio recording by our friend Fr. Mike on Apple Podcasts www.tinyurl.com/3w64cts8 or Spotify www.tinyurl.com/4ahbmmzb // Our media recommendation is C.S. Lewis' novel The Great Divorce: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Divorce. Our monthly challenge is to pray with Psalm 22 and unite it to your own experience of suffering. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Spe Salvi // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Join all three hosts for an episode on unity. What does it look like to experience unity in our selves, our lives, our families, and the Church? What can generate and sustain unity? How are we tempted to reduce it to a work of our own hands—and what is our calling instead? // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Our media recommendation is Gustav Mahler's “Resurrection Symphony” (No. 2) as conducted by Leonard Bernstein: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgtSa6XYWdE. You can find a helpful program here: www.tinyurl.com/w68zv3en Our monthly challenge is to pray with the canticle of the three young men in the furnace from the Book of Daniel, specifically the section that invokes all creation in a litany of praise to God: www.catholic.org/prayers/prayer.php?p=449 // Other resources we mention: - The Fraternity Exercises of Communion and Liberation, a retreat preached in 2021 by Fr. Mauro-Giuseppe Lepori: www.english.clonline.org/pubblications/other-texts/fraternity-exercises/christ-the-life-of-life - Adrienne Von Speyr's book “Three Women and the Lord” - Hans Urs von Balthasar's book “Engagement with God” - Bishop Erik Varden's book “Chastity” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Adrianna, Giuli, and Sofi are joined by Paolo again for a final conversation about The Religious Sense. What does it mean to observe the “I” in action? Why does Giussani exhort us to live in the present moment as we seek answers to our ultimate questions? And how does this follow from his methodological premises about reason? If you're following along with the text, we're on Chapter 4. You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike's podcast www.tinyurl.com/34vnewy3. // Our media recommendations are the poems “Letter to the Person Who Carved His Initials into the Oldest Living Longleaf Pine in North America” by Matthew Olzmann (www.tinhouse.com/letter-to-the-person-who-carved-his-initials-into-the-oldest-living-longleaf-pine-in-north-america/) and “Staying Power” by Jeanne Walker Murray (www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/42166/staying-power). And the monthly challenge is to pray a nightly examen, seeking to find the meaning of what you are living now and how the Mystery may be speaking to you through reality. // Other resources we mention: - Sofia's episode with Catholic Stuff You Should Know: www.catholicstuffpodcast.com/podcast/2024/06/27/farsi-belle.html - The podcast of Giussani's original university lectures called “Il senso religioso” www.english.clonline.org/giussani-podcast-religious-sense - Reimagining the Examen App: www.ignatianspirituality.com/reimagining-examen-app/ // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

We're back with a third episode on The Religious Sense. This time, we are covering “the impact of morality on the dynamic of knowing.” By this phrase, Don Giussani means that the embodied feelings that objects provoke in us condition our reason's access to the truth. He suggests that the proper response is not to eliminate our feelings, but to order them to a love of truth. You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike's podcast www.tinyurl.com/23nn7ym3. We'll be back next month with Chapter 4. // Our media recommendation is the play Twelve Angry Men, which you can find in movie form on Amazon Prime or YouTube. And the monthly challenge is to identify someone in your life who lives with vivacity: who is moved by what they encounter and forms judgments about things, but orders these ideas to a love of truth. // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

#54: Reasonableness: The Religious Sense Join Adrianna and Sofi for a second episode on The Religious Sense. This time we're discussing Chapter 2, in which Don Giussani introduces the idea of “reasonableness.” You can find the text in PDF form at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org or an audio recording of the chapter at Fr. Mike's podcast www.tinyurl.com/562pncac. We'll be back (with Giuli!) next month for Chapter 3. // Our media recommendation is the film The Holdovers. And the monthly challenge is to examine your life, especially in your relationships and your faith, and ask whether you are applying a false standard of logic or rational deduction instead of following the method of moral certainty. // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

#53: Realism: The Religious Sense In this episode, Giuli, Adrianna, and Sofi talk about “realism,” a concept from Luigi Giussani's book The Religious Sense. We are joined by a special guest, Sofi and Giuli's father Paolo! If you're following along with the text, we're on Chapter 1. // Our media recommendation is the film The Truman Show. And the monthly challenge is to ask yourself why you live the vocation you live. If you are married, why do you stay with your spouse? If you are consecrated, why do you give your life completely to God? For everyone, why do you try to follow Christ? Why do you go to work? Why do you belong to your communities? // Other resources we mention: - David Ramirez's song “The Bad Days” - Julian of Norwich's revelations or “Showings” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

We are starting a new miniseries inspired by "The Religious Sense," a book by our spiritual father Don Luigi Giussani. In our next few episodes, we will be discussing Chapters 1, 2, and 3. If you'd like to read with us, you can find a PDF at www.scritti.luigigiussani.org (just make a free account!). Or if you prefer to listen, check out Fr. Mike's recordings here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-go-walk-and-listen/id1702088561?i=1000624264131.

#52: In the Simplicity of my Heart by Sofia, Adrianna, and Giuliana

This episode concludes a three-part mini-series in which we put some of you, our listeners, behind the mic. The episode was inspired by our gratitude for the rich friendship and Christian witness that the podcast has brought into our lives. Today's guest is Kathryn Sheffield, a mother and lawyer based in Virginia. Kathryn shares about her conversion to the Catholic faith and the path of mission that she has walked since, in response to the Lord's invitation to care for vulnerable children. // Other resources we mention: The USCCB Domestic Policy Office www.usccb.org Pope Francis' apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, paragraph 180 The Saint Joseph Ministry www.txcatholic.org/stjosephministry/ // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

This episode continues a three-part mini-series in which we put some of you, our listeners, behind the mic. The episode was inspired by our gratitude for the rich friendship and Christian witness that the podcast has brought into our lives. Today's guest is Jessica Laenger, a medical student in Pensacola, Florida. Jess tells us about the early experiences that awakened the ultimate questions in her heart, where she has sought and found answers in the years since, and what her desires are for the future. // Jess offered (multiple!) songs as the media recommendations for this episode. Here are the links to each on YouTube: O Salutaris Hostia, Erik Esevalds: www.youtube.com/watch?v=blUTC7zzzRI The Ascension, Phil Wickham: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsp_sOmG-2A Hope, Tom Rosenthal: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaUx7X7iU6A A Little Bit of Everything, Dawes (recently covered by Lizzie McAlpine) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vin0U-ej1L8 You Could Start a Cult, Niall Horan and Lizzie McAlpine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXy335X5xKs // Other resources we mention: Communion and Liberation's “Beginning Day” www.english.clonline.org/cl/t218/life-in-the-movement Graham Greene's novel “The End of the Affair” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Giuli and Sofi are hosting the first-ever Pilgrim Soul gathering on February 18th from 1-2:30 PM. You can find us at the Old Town Bar at 45 East 18th St. New York, NY. We're going to be in town for the New York Encounter, a three-day cultural event. Check out the program here: www.https://www.newyorkencounter.org/2024-program. And come listen to Giuli's panel at 4:15 PM!

This episode kicks off a three-part mini-series in which we put some of you, our listeners, behind the mic. The episode was inspired by our gratitude for the rich friendship and Christian witness that the podcast has brought into our lives. Today's guest is Fr. Matt Henry, a priest of the diocese of Phoenix, Arizona. Fr. Matt shares the story of how he moved from a “notional” to a real faith in Christ, what continues to nourish his path of conversion, and the intensity of life he has discovered through a ministry of accompaniment. // Fr. Matt offered the monthly challenge of praying an Ignatian Examen (an overview can be found here: www.ignatianspirituality.com/examen-prayer-card/). Tune in to part two of the mini-series to discover the media recommendation! // Other resources we mention: - Fr. Matt's Substack: www.viaexperientiae.substack.com - The new seminary in the Diocese of Phoenix www.saintmarysbasilica.org/historic-new-seminary-to-open - The website and magazine of Communion and Liberation: www.english.clonline.org - The writings of Fr. Luigi Giussani: www.english.clonline.org/books - The poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins: www.hopkinspoetry.com/poems/ // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna for a conversation about the Eucharist, the source and summit of the Christian life. How does the Eucharist reveal God's method? What helps us overcome our sense of unworthiness to receive Christ's love in this intimate way? How has the Eucharist changed us— especially as we face the crosses of life? // Our monthly challenge is to consider how you can participate in the National Eucharistic Revival, which concludes next summer: www.eucharisticrevival.org. And our media recommendation is the film Babette's Feast. You can also find Sofi's Advent playlist here: www.tinyurl.com/cbmstfrj or by searching “eternity in the rags of time” on Spotify. // Other resources we mention: - Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical “Deus Caritas Est” - St. Teresa of Avila's autobiography - St. Augustine's “The Confessions” - St. Elizabeth Ann Seton's collected writings - St. Angela of Foligno's collected writings - NEEDTOBREATHE's song “Who am I?” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna, Giuli and Sofi discuss the concept of “virginity” as a way of loving others according to their destiny: Christ. How does this account of virginity differ from others in the Church and the world? Where in our lives have we experienced the joy of virginal purity and integrity in our relationships? What helps us live the sacrifices demanded by this kind of love? // Our media recommendation is the song Beyond the Blue by Josh Garrels (music: www.tinyurl.com/k4m2jf2k lyrics: www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/joshgarrels/beyondtheblue.html). And our monthly challenge is to identify a relationship in which you are being invited to greater purity of love, and to join this sacrifice to that of the Lord at the Mass. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Fr. Paolo Prosperi FSCB's article on virginity in Communio “Do Not Hold Me: Ascending the Ladder of Love”: www.tinyurl.com/4nvsms9r - Bishop Erik Varden's interview in The Pillar about his new book on chastity: www.pillarcatholic.com/p/to-be-chaste-is-to-be-whole-bishop - Fr. Luigi Giussani's trilogy of books “Is It Possible to Live This Way?” - Pope Francis' Apostolic Letter on St. Joseph: www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_letters/documents/papa-francesco-lettera-ap_20201208_patris-corde.html - Titian's painting “Noli me tangere” www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/titian-noli-me-tangere // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia, in conversation with Michelle Zaleski, explores what it means to be Christian on a college campus. This is a recording from the inaugural Communion & Liberation University Conference, which was hosted at Benedictine College. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join all three hosts for a conversation about following Christ. How does the drama of this path unfold? What helps us say “yes” to His invitation during seasons of change and challenge? Who are we learning from as we strive to be with Christ instead of remaining with our attachments? // Our media recommendations are the writings of Servant of God Takashi Nagai, including "The Bells of Nagasaki" and "Thoughts from Nyokodo" (or, if you read Italian, "Ciò che non muore mai"). And our monthly challenge is to do lectio divina with Matthew 14:22-33, in which Jesus invites Peter to walk on water. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - St. Thérèse of Lisieux's autobiography Story of a Soul - Luigi Giussani's address in St. Peter's Square in 1998: www.english.clonline.org/archive/fr-giussani/in-the-simplicity-of-my-heart-i-have-gladly-given-you-everything - A homily by Fr. Mike Cairnes, whose preaching you can listen to as a podcast called Church Talk: www.tinyurl.com/3knesu35 // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna is back! In this episode, she and Sofia have a conversation about pain. How does Christ transform the otherwise meaningless experience of pain? What helps us discover His presence instead of remaining in despair, anger, or apathy? What have we learned from our pain, and whose examples do we want to follow in living it with the Lord? // Our media recommendation is Marc Chagall's White Crucifixion. And our monthly challenge is to meditate on the 9th Station of the Cross, which commemorates Jesus falling a third time on the way to Calvary. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - “Witness to Hope”, a biography of St. John Paul II by George Weigel - Fr. Aldo Trento's book of letters entitled “Yo Soy Tu Que Me Haces” - Demi Lovato's song “I Love Me” - The movie “50 First Dates” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

This month, we are sharing with you a talk that Sofi gave to the Catholic Chaplaincy of the University of Cambridge. It was inspired by Pope Francis' urgent and insistent call for Christians to work for peace throughout the world. Drawing on her work as a developmental neuroscientist, she exposes the wounds inflicted by violence and proposes ways for us to collaborate in Christ's victory over sin and death. We'll be back next month with a regular episode. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia hosts JD Flynn, co-founder of The Pillar, for a conversation about journalism. JD begins by explaining the needs of the Church that led him and Ed Condon to start this news outlet, particularly the need for reform and renewal that is free from ideology. Then he and Sofia talk about journalism as a vocation. Can working with the media be an exercise of the prophetic calling we receive in Baptism? What sustains JD's hope as he investigates scandals and sins in the life of the Church? How does he experience the unity of his domestic church with the universal Church? //

Sofia is joined by Fr. Mike Cairnes for a guest episode on living the memory of and desire for Christ. Fr. Mike starts by telling the story of how he fell in love twice, a first time that led him to nihilism and a second that definitively led him to the love of God. Then he and Sofia talk about the struggle against moralism, which is the suffocating reduction of morality into a set of rules. Fr. Mike shares what helps him follow the path of discovering that God's mercy – and not our fight to live up to an ideal – is the center of life. // Our media recommendations are Terrence Malick's film The Tree of Life, Joseph Roth's novella “The Legend of the Holy Drinker”, and Walker Percy's novel “Lost in the Cosmos: The Last Self-Help Book”. And our monthly challenge is to think back through your life year by year and try to identify how God has romanced you. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Luigi Giussani's book “Morality: Memory and Desire” - The autobiography of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, “Story of a Soul” - Shia LaBeouf's conversation with Bishop Barron: www.tinyurl.com/ynpf5fb7 - Bruce Marshall's novel “The World, the Flesh, and Father Smith” - Bishop Erik Varden's talk at the 2023 New York Encounter: www.tinyurl.com/yc2jp9ac - Fr. Mike's homilies in podcast form at Church Talk: www.tinyurl.com/4u93p9wa // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join all three hosts for a conversation about Mary, the Mother of God. What does it mean that Mary is our mother? How does an ordered veneration of Mary lead us to a deeper worship of the Triune God? And personally, how are we trying to follow her in obedience, virginity, and passion for the salvation of the world? // Our media recommendation is Caravaggio's painting “Madonna di Loreto”, also known as “Pilgrims' Madonna”. And our monthly challenge is to pray Fr. de Grandmaison's Prayer to Mary throughout the month of May. You can find that here: www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com/prayer-to-mary. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Luigi Giussani's book “Generating Traces in the History of the World” - Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical “Deus Caritas Est” - Fulton Sheen's book “The World's First Love: Mary, Mother of God” - St. Augustine Sermo 293 - Alberto Savorana's biography of Luigi Giussani - St. Irenaus' text “Against Heresies” - Mother Mary Francis' book “Come, Lord Jesus” - Pope St. John Paul II's encyclical “Ecclesia de Eucharistia” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna, Sofia, and Giuli talk about the experience of the resurrection. What's at stake in the Resurrection of Christ? What does the promise of new life have to do with our daily experiences of suffering, boredom, and the search for meaning? Where have we seen, in our own lives and in the world, evidence of the presence of the Risen Lord? // Our media recommendation is the dystopian novel The Children of Men by P.D. James. And our monthly challenge is to pray the Regina Caeli (www.tinyurl.com/uj4f435m). // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - “Awesome Glory” by Abbot Jeremy Driscoll OSB - The homily at the funeral of our friend Silvia: www.tinyurl.com/3effhavu - Chiara Corbella's biography “A witness to hope” - Romano Guardini's book “The Lord” - A homily by Fr. Mike Cairnes, whose preaching you can listen to as a podcast called Church Talk: www.tinyurl.com/3knesu35 - The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America: www.https://myfranciscan.org/ - Fr. Kevin Grove's book “Augustine on Memory” - The Confessions of St. Augustine // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join Sofia and Adrianna in praying the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary, guided by reflections from Father Luigi Giussani. We pray this Lent is a deepening into your own encounter with the Lord in the desert. We'll be back with an episode on April 10th for Easter and then resume our normal monthly episodes on May 1st.

Join Sofia, Adrianna, and Giuli for a discussion about the body. What does it mean that, in Romano Guardini's words, there is no religion as materialistic as Christianity? How does God's esteem for our embodiment change our gaze on ourselves and others? Can we learn to affirm Christ in our bodies? What do we do when faced with the fallenness or woundedness of our embodied nature? // Our media recommendation is Lorenzo Bernini's sculpture The Ecstasy of St Teresa: www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecstasy_of_Saint_Teresa​​. And our monthly challenge is to pray in gratitude for the gift of your body. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Romano Guardini's 1967 commentary on Dante - Tertullian's work “De carne Christi” - Alberto Savorana's biography “The Life of Luigi Giussani” - Emily Stimpson Chapman's book “The Catholic Table” - Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel “The Idiot” - Hans Holbein's painting “The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb” // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Giuli, Adrianna and Sofi dive into the topic of tradition. Why are we misguided when we instinctively reject authority as a limitation? Can tradition instead be something living that enhances our reason and freedom? How is tradition handed on from one person to the next, and how can we be authentic authorities of our tradition? // Our media recommendation is the novel Les Miserables by Victor Hugo and its most recent film adaptation (which is currently available on Netflix). And our monthly challenge is to both recall someone who has been an authentic authority of the tradition for you, and to consider that you are called to propose this tradition to the freedom of another. // We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. // Other resources we mention: - Dei Verbum: www.tinyurl.com/bdcvdfbe - The Communion and Liberation Christmas poster: https://english.clonline.org/pubblications/posters - Saint Bernard of Clairvaux's third sermon for the vigil of the Nativity of the Lord - An audience of Pope Benedict XVI from 2006: www.tinyurl.com/5n6auhfp - Luigi Giussani's books “The Religious Sense”, “The Risk of Education”, and “Generating Traces in the History of the World” - Hans Urs Von Balthasar's “Movement Toward God” in volume 3 of Explorations in Theology - Alberto Savorana's biography “The Life of Luigi Giussani” - Max Weber's lecture “Science as a Vocation” - G.K. Chesterton's book Orthodoxy - John Henry Newman's “Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine” - Jaroslav Pelikan's lecture “The Vindication of Tradition" // Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna, Giuli and Sofi discuss restlessness. What does the experience of dissatisfied longing reveal about our hearts? How does contemporary society tend to anesthetize our restlessness? Where have we seen that our restlessness can become a path to discovering the presence of Christ, through prayer and companionship? Our media recommendation is Josh Garrels' song Ulysses, which you can find on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3YKD_qKVwM​​. And our monthly challenge is to meet up with a friend to share your experiences of restlessness, past and present, and to discuss how you might befriend your restlessness. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Caryll Houselander's book “The Reed of God” - St. Augustine's “Confessions” - Fyodor Dostoevsky's novella “Notes from Underground” - Luigi Giussani's 1960 essay “Cristianesimo aperto” - The introduction to St. Anselm of Canterbury's Proslogion - Jacques Philippe's book “Searching for and Maintaining Peace” - Cardinal Phanxicô Xaviê Nguyễn Văn Thuận's meditations “Five Loaves and Two Fish” - A book of Alfred Delp's meditations called “Advent of the Heart” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia, Adrianna, and Giuli talk about the cross. What does it mean to die to oneself in order to follow Christ? How is it possible that this is a path to our fulfillment and our joy - where do we see that the cross is a love story? What helps us say “yes” to this in our ordinary experiences of daily life? Our media recommendation is Graham Greene's novel The End of the Affair. And our monthly challenge is to start your days with a morning offering, which you can find at www.usccb.org/prayers/morning-offering. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - “The Imitation of Christ” by Thomas à Kempis - Caryll Houselander's book “The Reed of God” - Saint Francis de Sales' “Treatise on the Love of God” - Blessed Basil Moreau on Our Lady of Sorrows: www.holycrossusa.org/article/our-lady-of-sorrows/ - The biography “The Life of Luigi Giussani” by Alberto Savorana Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join Sofia and Adrianna in praying the Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary, guided by reflections from Father Luigi Giussani. Have a blessed start to the season of Advent, everyone. We'll be back with a regular episode on December 1st.

Giuli, Sofia and Adrianna have a conversation about creation. What does it mean that everything is a sign of the Mystery of Being? What personal experiences have taught us to look at creation this way? Amid the fallenness of creation, what ethical demands follow from this ontological reality? This conversation was inspired by the 2022 Fall Conference of the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture at the University of Notre Dame. Sofia's episode with the Ethics & Culture Cast can be found here: www.tinyurl.com/2e5r2stt Our media recommendation is Morten Lauridsen's Lux aeterna, which you can find on Spotify (www.tinyurl.com/5a7m6f56) or YouTube (www.tinyurl.com/3mnxwuj9). And our monthly challenge is to choose one form of practicing good stewardship or “dominion” in your environment. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Epistle 106 of the Abbot St. Bernard of Clarivaux - Luigi Giussani's book “The Religious Sense” - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin's book “The Divine Milieu” - Romano Guardini's book “The Lord” - Luigi Giussani's address in St. Peter's Square in 1998: www.english.clonline.org/archive/fr-giussani/in-the-simplicity-of-my-heart-i-have-gladly-given-you-everything - David Bentley Hart's essay “Tsunami and Theodicy: Myanmar” - Pope Francis' encyclical “Laudato Si”: www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/encyclicals/documents/papa-francesco_20150524_enciclica-laudato-si.html - Charles Péguy's poem “Mystery of the Holy Innocents” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna, Giuli and Sofi discuss the Church, the continued presence of Jesus Christ on earth. What does it mean to belong to and depend on the Church? How can we verify in our lives that the Church really is Christ? And what do we do when faced with the sins and brokenness of her members? Our media recommendation is a playlist of songs that remind us of the Church. You can find it at this link: www.tinyurl.com/4bcpk6r4, or by searching “mater et magistra” on Spotify. And our monthly challenge is to read Lumen Gentium with a friend. You can find that here: www.tinyurl.com/546nwfuy. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Luigi Giussani's books “Why the Church?” and “Generating Traces in the History of the World” - A reflection on the Church by Carlo Carretto, which you can find on our website: www.https://pilgrimsoulpodcast.com/an-ode-to-the-church - A homily by Bishop Barron: www.wordonfire.org/videos/sermons/the-living-body-of-the-church/ Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Giuli, Sofia and Adrianna have a conversation about Sunday, the day of the Lord. What does it mean to keep the Sabbath holy? How is it a sign of our origin and destiny? Which practices of rest and worship have we found most fruitful? Our media recommendation is the film Mostly Martha, which you can stream on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, or YouTube. And our monthly challenge is to choose one way to allow another person to live the Sabbath more fully. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Pope St. John Paul II's apostolic letter Dies Domini Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia, Giuli and Adrianna discuss division. In our personal lives and in the world, what generates conflict? What solution does the world offer, and how does this fail to satisfy our hearts? How can we taste the impossible peace that Christ came to bring? Our media recommendation is Flannery O'Connor's short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (www.tinyurl.com/y8k4ff9u). And our monthly challenge is to fast and pray for unity in the Body of Christ. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Dorothy Day's memoir “The Long Loneliness” - The homily of Pope St. John Paul II at the canonization of the Ugandan Martyrs - then-Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger's book “Eschatology: Death and Eternal Life” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Adrianna, Giuli and Sofia talk about the search for joy. How does it differ from happiness? What is the relationship between joy and poverty, sacrifice, and suffering? How does our joy grow - and what threatens to take it away? Our media recommendation is Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Brothers Karamazov. And our monthly challenge is to think back on the times of greatest joy in your life, and pray to the Holy Spirit to show you how God is at work through that joy. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Luigi Giussani's book “Is It Possible to Live This Way?” - Mother Mary Francis' book “A Right to be Merry” - St. Therese of Lisieux's autobiography “Story of a Soul” - Rev. John Duffy's poem “I Sing of a Maiden” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Giuli and Sofia discuss hope, a certainty in the future that arises from recognizing the presence of Christ today. What are “schools” for learning and practicing hope? What is the relationship between hope and faith? Is Christian hope individualistic? Who in our lives shows us what it means to live in hope? Our media recommendation is Charles Peguy's poem The Portal of the Mystery of Hope (of which you can find an excerpt at www.eighthdayinstitute.org/hope-surprises-god). And our monthly challenge is to pray the rosary, begging Our Lady to give you her own hope. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Pope Benedict XVI's encyclical Spe Salvi - Adrienne Von Speyr's work Objective Mysticism - The second volume of Luigi Giussani's trilogy “Is it possible to live this way?” - Padre Pio's novena to the Sacred Heart of Jesus - TS Eliot's “Choruses from the Rock” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia and Adrianna have a conversation about the third (and most often neglected) person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. Who is the Spirit? How can we objectively know that the Spirit is at work? In what ways have we personally grown in relationship with Him - and how has this changed our lives? Our media recommendation is Max Bruch's Violin Concerto in G minor (www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lJyVyczwLo). And our monthly challenge is to pray the Novena to the Holy Spirit, which you can find at www.praymorenovenas.com/novena-to-the-holy-spirit. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - Venerable Fulton Sheen's book “The Divine Romance” - St. Ignatius of Loyola's Rules for the Discernment of Spirits - St. Augustine of Hippo's prayer to the Holy Spirit - St. Teresa of Calcutta's writings “Come Be My Light” - St. Teresa of Avila's work “The Interior Castle” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Sofia and Adrianna talk about friendship. Is friendship an essential kind of love? How is it a paradox of acceptance and conversion? What sets apart the most meaningful friendships? And what can we do if we are in a season of loneliness? Our media recommendation is the HBO show “Band of Brothers.” And our weekly challenge is to meet up with a friend (old or new) and ask about what's happening in his or her life. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - C.S. Lewis' book “The Four Loves” - Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical “Redemptor Hominis” - Luigi Giussani's trilogy “Is It Possible to Live This Way?” - Book VIII of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics - Aquinas' Summa Theologica I.II.26 - C.S. Lewis' sermon “The Weight of Glory” - The Rule of Saint Benedict Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are a member of Spoke Street media network. Check it out at spokestreet.com.

Join Sofia, Giuliana, and Adrianna for a conversation about the journey of conversion that we live during the season of Lent. What does it mean to enter into the desert? How do we experience God's mercy in our weakness? What helps us keep purity of heart in our prayer, fasting, and fraternal love? Our media recommendation is Sofia's Lenten music playlist, which you can find at www.tinyurl.com/yc4nzpd6 (or search the profile “Sofia Nina”). And our monthly challenge is to pray the Stations of the Cross using the reflection found at www.foodforfaith.org.nz/2014/04/way-cross. Other resources we mention: - The Rule of Saint Benedict - The Diary of Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska - A sermon by Peter Chrysologus Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.” We are part of the Spoke Street media network: check it out at www.spokestreet.com.

Join all three hosts for a conversation inspired by questions from our listeners. It centers around the charism of Communion and Liberation, our experience of life in the movement, and our hopes for the season of Advent. Our media recommendation is the audiobook of Generating Traces, which is freely available online at https://english.clonline.org/school-of-community/school-of-community-audio. Sofia also made you an Advent playlist of sacred music, which can be found on Spotify at https://tinyurl.com/3nrjmdcd. This is the final episode of Season 2, tune in again soon for Season 3. In the meantime, we'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Check out our website at www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. Other resources we mention: - The movement of Communion and Liberation: https://english.clonline.org - Luigi Giussani's books “The Religious Sense” and “Generating Traces in the History of the World” - Mother Mary Francis' book “Come Lord Jesus: Meditations on the Art of Waiting” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Sofia and Giuliana have a conversation about becoming fully human, through the lens of the lives of the saints. What does a fulfilled humanity look like? What does it mean that the saints were fully human? And how can their prayers and example help us become more truly ourselves? Our weekly challenge is to get to know a new saint - whether it's your confirmation saint, a saint who shares your name or birthday, or Servant of God Luigi Giussani ;) And our media recommendation is the film The Lives of Others. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - St. Edith Stein's “Essays on Woman” - Luigi Giussani's book “Morality: Memory and Desire” - St. Hildegard of Bingen's collection of visions “Scivias” - Caryll Houselander's book “The Reed of God” - St. John Henry Newman's sermon “The Invisible World” - St. Francis de Sales' book “Introduction to the Devout Life” - A homily on the saints by Fr Mike Schmitz: www.youtu.be/Mad1Jgf0jow - Meg Hunter Kilmer's writing on the saints: www.avemariapress.com/products/pray-for-us Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Mental health counselor Beth Hlabse joins Adrianna on the podcast to discuss her journey into Catholic counseling and her experience of God as a counselor. They discuss Beth's form of therapy that she primarily practices, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and the journey towards mind-body healing. Beth shares her own experience as a person who has both experienced tremendous healing during her own experience with EMDR and her privilege to aid in the healing of others. Our weekly challenge is to engage in the three-step process of Awareness, Acceptance, and Discernment as a way of being with and processing emotions. And our media recommendation is to check out www.soulsandhearts.com for resources on Catholic therapy. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. We're happy to pass a message on to Beth as well. Other resources we mention: - Divine Mercy University: www.divinemercy.edu - EMDR Therapy and its history: www.emdr.com/history-of-emdr Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Giuliana and Adrianna talk about discerning the will of God. What are the essential steps in the journey of becoming more aware of God's voice? Which fears can impede our progress? How can we lay the foundation for saying “yes” to our calling in life? And how do we discover what that calling is? Our weekly challenge is to pray for holy indifference (a complete openness to God's will) in a decision you are currently discerning. And our media recommendation is the song Hopeless Wanderer by Mumford & Sons. Other resources we mention: - A talk that Fr. Giussani gave on vocation: https://english.clonline.org/traces/page-one/witnessing-to-christ-in-the-life-of-everyone - St. Ignatius of Loyola's Spiritual Exercises - Fr. Timothy Gallagher's book “The Discernment of Spirits” - A collection of writings by Blaise Pascal called “Pensées” - Søren Kierkegaard's book “The Concept of Anxiety” - The Suscipe: www.ignatianspirituality.com/ignatian-prayer/prayers-by-st-ignatius-and-others/suscipe-the-radical-prayer/ - St. Francis de Sales' book “Introduction to the Devout Life” We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast.

Giuliana and Sofia have a conversation about mercy, “love's second name.” How does God's mercy reach us in our everyday lives, particularly in our sins and failings? What do our experiences of God's mercy mean for our relationships with others? What are the fruits of seeking and extending forgiveness? Our weekly challenge is to apologize to someone you have wronged. And our media recommendation is the song Fire of Time by David Ramirez. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - Pope Saint John Paul II's second encyclical “Dives in misericordia” - The Diary of Saint Faustina - St. Teresa of Avila's book The Way of Perfection - The Sacrament of Confession, overview here: https://www.catholicscomehome.org/your-questions/what-is-the-sacrament-of-confession/ - A homily that Pope Francis gave in 2015: www.romereports.com/en/2015/02/05/pope-francis-homily-the-church-should-be-like-a-field-hospital/ Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Maggie Verhiley and Tierney Vrdolyak are new postulants with the Sisters of Life. But before entering the convent, they sat down with Sofia to talk about the charism of life. What makes life sacred -- and how can we celebrate and uphold its dignity? What does spiritual motherhood have to do with it? And which mysteries of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary show us the way forward? Our weekly challenge is a morning routine: make your bed as soon as you get up, offering this small act for a soul in need, and pray part of the Shema (Deut. 6:4-7). And our media recommendations are the books Interior Freedom by Fr. Jacques Philippe and the fiction of C.S. Lewis. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. You can also send letters to Maggie and Tierney at St. Jane Frances de Chantal Convent, 198 Hollywood Ave, Bronx, NY 10465. Other resources we mention: - Pope Saint John Paul II's speech in Toronto in 2002: www.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/en/homilies/2002/documents/hf_jp-ii_hom_20020728_xvii-wyd.html - Pope Saint John Paul II's encyclical Evangelium Vitae - Father Michael Gaitley's guide to consecration “33 Days to Morning Glory” - The Litany of Trust: sistersoflife.org/litany-of-trust - Let Love, a podcast by the Sisters of Life - Roberto Ferruzzi's painting “Madonna of the Streets” - Father John Duffy's poem “I Sing of a Maiden” Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Sofia and Adrianna have a conversation about freedom, the foundational value of our culture. When we search for freedom, why do we often end up bored, dissatisfied, and afraid? What is the true source of freedom? How, personally, have we discovered freedom in our lives? What are practical steps for growing in freedom? Our weekly challenge is to pray about the times in your life when you felt most free and identify why. And our media recommendation is the film Of Gods and Men (which is available to stream online!). We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - Servais Pinckaers's book Morality: The Catholic View - Then-Cardinal Ratzinger's lecture “Europe in the Crisis of Cultures” www.theway.org.uk/endeanweb/ratzinger32-2.pdf - Luigi Giussani's book The Religious Sense - St. Augustine's Sermon 169 - Cardinal Van Thuan's spiritual testament “The Road of Hope” Veritatis Splendor, the encyclical by Pope John Paul II. Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Adrianna and Sofia discuss wounds, both spiritual and psychological, through the lenses of their own journeys of healing and Sofia's research. What is woundedness and how is it a sign of our history and our destiny? How can we discover our own core wounds? What are steps that we can take toward healing - and why should we want to do so? We finish with a reflection on Christ as the Wounded Healer. Our weekly challenge is to take the list of core wounds to Adoration, allow the Holy Spirit to draw your attention to one in particular, and pray for healing in that place. And our media recommendation is The Incredulity of St. Thomas, a painting by Caravaggio. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - St. Thérèse of Lisieux's autobiography Story of a Soul - Scientific research on the intergenerational transmission of trauma: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/wps.20568 - Dr Bob Schuchts' book Be Healed - Andrei Rublev's icon The Trinity: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_(Andrei_Rublev) - Luigi Giussani's book Generating Traces in the History of the World - The Diary of Saint Faustina Kowalska If you're interested in finding a Catholic therapist, check out www.catholictherapists.com Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Theoretical physicist Dr. Steve Barr joins Sofia on the podcast for a conversation about faith and science. What is the unique vocation of the scientist? What can scientific work teach us about community, wonder, and tradition? What is the origin of the (false) narrative of conflict between science and religion--and what should we do about it? Our weekly challenge is to visit Astronomy Picture of the Day (apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) and pray in praise of God the Creator. And our media recommendation is the memoir Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. We're happy to pass a message on to Dr. Barr as well. Other resources we mention: - The Society of Catholic Scientists: www.catholicscientists.org - Dr. Barr's book Modern Science, Ancient Faith - Bernard Lonergan's book Insight: A Study of Human Understanding - A prayer of astronomer Johannes Kepler: www.harvardsquarelibrary.org/poetry-prayers-visual-arts/johannes-kepler-an-astronomers-prayer/ - Gerard Manley Hopkins' poem “God's Grandeur” - Max Weber's 1917 lecture, if you caught the reference ;) Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Sofia and Adrianna have a conversation about the virtues of a childlike heart, from their respective perspectives as developmental neuroscientist and mother of two. How does a child face reality? What can children teach us about freedom, prayer, and gladness? What helps us, personally, as we try to grow in childlikeness? Our weekly challenge is to pay attention to the children around you and observe how they engage reality with wonder, openness, and dependence. And our media recommendation is the movie Groundhog Day. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - Hans Urs von Balthasar's book Love Alone is Credible - Ruth Feldman's research on parent-infant synchrony: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaX02XQV09I - Luigi Giussani's book Christ, God's Companionship with Man - Karen Adolph's 2012 paper on learning to walk: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3591461 - St. John Henry Newman's meditation on the heart of Jesus: www.newmanfriendsinternational.org/en/the-passion-of-our-lord - The movement of Communion and Liberation: english.clonline.org Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

We are delighted to be back with a second season of The Pilgrim Soul! Join Adrianna, Giuliana, and Sofia for a conversation about the journey of faith in light of Christina Rossetti's poem “Up-Hill" : www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45002/up-hill. We'd love to hear from you - and we welcome any topic suggestions as we plan the rest of our season. Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. For this week's media recommendation, we chose our favorite books from the summer: - Sofi: Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin - Giuli: The Reed of God by Caryll Houselander - Adrianna: The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Join all three hosts -- Adrianna, Giuliana, and Sofia -- as we answer questions submitted by our listeners. This is the final episode of our first season. If you want to be notified when our next season starts, be sure to subscribe to The Pilgrim Soul! Thank you all for your accompaniment on this journey. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Other resources we mention: - The biography of Chiara Corbella Petrillo, A Witness to Joy - Luigi Giussani's book, Generating Traces in the History of the World - St. Thomas Aquinas on the immortal soul: aquinas101.thomisticinstitute.org/the-immortality-of-the-soul - Father Carron's letter about conquering fear in the pandemic: english.clonline.org/news/current-events/2020/03/03/carr%C3%B3n-on-coronavirus-this-is-how-we-learn-to-conquer-fear-in-times-of-difficulty - C.S. Lewis' book, The Great Divorce - The life of Padre Pio: www.padrepiodapietrelcina.com/en/ - The Bible in a Year program that Sofia is following: sacredheart-semo.org/documents/2016/1/RSV-CE_Cat_chart.pdf Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”

Damian Bacich joins Giuliana on the podcast to discuss education. What does it mean that education is introducing someone to reality, and not just teaching information? What can we do when someone rejects or refuses the truth that we offer? Have we learned something from the pandemic that can help us take the risk of education in a more human way? Our weekly challenge is to reflect on your day using the Examen (an overview can be found here: https://www.ignatianspirituality.com/examen-prayer-card/). And our media recommendation is the poem Hope by Alexis Valdés, which is included in Pope Francis' book Let Us Dream. We'd love to hear from you! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. We're happy to pass a message on to Damian. Other resources we mention: - Luigi Giussani's book The Risk of Education - St. John Paul II's encyclical Ex Corde Ecclesiae - The life of Saint John Henry Newman - Pope Francis' address to students and teachers on May 10, 2014 Our theme music is Nich Lampson's “Dolphin Kicks.”