In this blog, Stina confronts the idea how progress in growth, faith and character development look completely different to every individual and how the Grace & Virtue Formation Program supports this understanding and finding one’s true gifts in the 9 month program.
Stina shares her work during some past month’s engagements with each event having a common thread of willingness to respond, participate and remain present to the movements of the Holy Spirit.
True strength isn’t just found in heroic headlines, and Stina addresses in this latest blog how it’s built in the quiet, hidden moments of our everyday lives.
In this final part of the book study on ‘A Grief Observed’, Stina and Padre reflect on the closing chapter of the book and the reality that grief is not something we “get over,” but something we learn to carry.
Community is imperfect and often uncomfortable, yet essential for human connection. Emily writes of what she sees as five indispensable pillars of community we gain by having and supporting others around us, plus the struggles we might face on the way.
Stina and Padre explore the difference between joy and happiness, the role of grace and freedom in nurturing joy, and how the fruits of the Spirit grow in our lives.
What makes a true friendship? Stina and Padre explore the classical categories of friendship—utility, pleasure, and virtue—and how they manifest in everyday life, relationships, and even marriage.
In order to form others, we need to form ourselves.
And it doesn’t hurt to get a fresh take on them either!
Stina writes how trust is the foundation of deep friendship, built through honesty, reliability, respect, and care and provides tips how to build virtue in this aspect of life.