Category Archives: Personal Stories
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We aren’t made to be happy in this world
1February 9, 2016 by Alex Johannigman
The death of a great man who was a part of my life for just a brief moment reminded me that I often fail to grasp one of the greatest realities that Christianity shows us.
Category: Personal Stories, Religion | Tags: Ash Wednesday, ashes, death, heaven and hell, Humility, Lent, mortality
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All That Catholic Proposal
1October 28, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
After all of the talk from Pope Francis and Catholic bloggers about marriage and the family in recent month, I decided it was time to try it out for myself.
Category: Friendship, Love, Personal Stories | Tags: catholic marriage, engagement, family, love, marriage
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Be Careful What You Promise God
4February 5, 2015 by Alex Johannigman
Sometimes when you promise God you’ll serve him and live a life of radical love, he gives you the opportunity to do so at the most inopportune times. Even so, the experiences are so amazing that it’s hard to regret living totally for him.
Category: Homelessness, Personal Stories | Tags: Catholicism, generosity, homeless outreach, Matthew 25, personal stories, Poverty, sacrificial love, trusting God
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A Group of Men Go to a Strip Club, but Not for the Reason You’d Expect
Leave a commentDecember 10, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Last week a dozen young men went to a strip club… to pray. I would love to see prayer groups outside strip clubs become as common as prayer groups outside abortion clinics since the two evils are so closely linked. Ultimately, the demand for abortion is rooted in a failure of men to fulfill their roles as protectors and providers for women.
Category: Personal Stories, Prayer | Tags: authentic love, Catholic, chaplet of divine mercy, Dallas, femininity, masculinity, pornography, prayer, strip club, theology of the body
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Chile Capitulo Cuatro: Full Immersion
Leave a commentAugust 1, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Day 8: The morning was spent with another round of house visits. I’ve been getting more comfortable with these as …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Personal Stories | Tags: Cerro San Cristóbal, Chile, Christ in the City, Christian Life Movement, Pan Para Mi Hermano, Santiago, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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Chile Capitulo Tres: A Tale of Two Cities
Leave a commentJuly 29, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Day 6: Sunday was our first day of truly being able to sleep in since we’ve arrived. Nothing was on …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Personal Stories | Tags: Chile, Christ in the City, Christian Life Movement, Cordillera, Maipu, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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Chile Capitulo Dos: Where Holy Ones Tread
1July 27, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Day 3: We began the day with a trip to central Santiago. I started to understand why Adam thought that …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Personal Stories | Tags: Chile, Christ in the City, Christian Life Movement, Fundación Las Rosas, Machuca, Maipu, San Alberto Hurtado, San Teresa de los Andes, Santiago, Servants of the Plan of God, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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Chile Capítulo Uno: Sharing the Vision
Leave a commentJuly 24, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to travel with two other members of Christ in the City to Santiago, Chile. …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Homelessness, Personal Stories | Tags: Chile, Christ in the City, Christian Life Movement, homelessness, Maipu, mission, Mission Trip, Movimiento de Vida Cristiana, Pan Para Mi Hermano, Santiago, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
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Pilgrimage to Chimayo: We grow from our journey, not our destination
Leave a commentMay 6, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
A pilgrimage is a journey where one seeks spiritual discovery along the way to a site with some sort of …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Personal Stories | Tags: Chimayo, El Santuario de Chimayo, Hermanos Penitentes, Hiking, Mystery Painting, New Mexico, pilgrimage, San Francisco de Asis Church, San Jose de Gracia Church, Taos, Trek
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I was in prison and you visited me
Leave a commentApril 14, 2014 by Alex Johannigman
Many of us are familiar with the corporal works of mercy, a list of 7 charitable acts based partially on Matthew 25:31-46 which …
Continue readingCategory: Christ in the City, Friendship, Personal Stories, Saintable | Tags: corporal works of mercy, jail, prison ministry, prisoner, ransom the captive, visit the imprisoned, works of mercy
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