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...
Apr 09, 2023•44 min
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.
Apr 01, 2023•26 min
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_o...
Mar 01, 2023•47 min
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 chal...
Feb 01, 2023•44 min
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 fr...
Jan 01, 2023•46 min
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/...
Dec 01, 2022•45 min
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.
Nov 27, 2022•26 min
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 ...
Nov 01, 2022•40 min
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 challeng...
Oct 01, 2022•46 min
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 p...
Sep 01, 2022•39 min
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 ...
Aug 01, 2022•46 min
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 yo...
Jul 01, 2022•44 min
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 cha...
Jun 01, 2022•39 min
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 w...
May 01, 2022•42 min
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...
Apr 01, 2022•39 min
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 t...
Mar 01, 2022•38 min
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 Generating Traces in the History of the Wolrd (which was previously freely available as an audiobook) https://www.clonline.org/en/publications/books/1970-02-10-generating-traces-in-the-history-of-the-world-2010 . Sofia also made you an Advent playl...
Nov 15, 2021•34 min
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 Li...
Nov 01, 2021•42 min
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 ...
Oct 25, 2021•37 min
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 Mumf...
Oct 18, 2021•43 min
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 pilgr...
Oct 11, 2021•42 min
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...
Oct 04, 2021•46 min
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 availab...
Sep 27, 2021•37 min
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 dr...
Sep 20, 2021•39 min
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...
Sep 13, 2021•41 min
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...
Sep 06, 2021•43 min
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! Write to us at pilgrimsoulpodcast@gmail.com or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast . Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com . // For this week’...
Aug 30, 2021•25 min
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 . Our website is ...
Apr 19, 2021•47 min
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-...
Apr 05, 2021•39 min
Join all three hosts -- Adrianna, Giuliana, and Sofia -- for a Holy Week episode in which we reflect on Mary Oliver’s poem “Gethsemane.” // Pray with us during the Triduum by listening to the Stabat Mater (links below) and asking that Mary might help us remain at the foot of Christ’s Cross. // And if you’d like to participate in our listener Q&A in our upcoming season finale, please submit any questions you might have by Good Friday. Have a blessed Holy Week, everyone! // The translation of ...
Mar 29, 2021•13 min
