The Pilgrim Soul

Join Adrianna, Giuli and Sofi for a conversation on the art and science of care. Can our power to medically intervene serve, instead of competing with, our task to affirm and accompany those who suffer? What makes Christian care distinctive? How can medicine come closer to its origin in the mercy of God? This episode was inspired by the 2025 MedConference. You can learn more at theAAMP.org //Our media recommendation is Arthur Kleinman’sThe Soul of Care. And our monthly challenge is to ask God how you are a caretaker for Him and He is a caretaker for you. //We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast. Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //Other resources we mention:Luigi Giussani’s booklet “The Meaning of Charitable Work"Luigi Giussani’s book “In Search of the Human Face”Sigrid Undset’s biography of Catherine of Siena //Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

In honor of the 2025 Jubilee of Hope, we are joined by our friend David Dorsey for a conversation about hope: What does it mean to be a pilgrim of hope? How can the experience of profound loss open the heart to be surprised, daily, by the gift of hope? What educates us in this poverty of spirit? //David’s media recommendations are an essay by Walker Percy called “The Loss of the Creature” and Louis de Wohl’s book “Saint Helena and the True Cross”. And our monthly challenge is to engage in some form of  charitable work. //We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast.  Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. We’d be happy to pass on any questions to David. //Other resources we mention: Pope Leo’s homily from the Jubilee of Youth on August 3 2025Pope Leo’s Q&A with young people on August 2 2025Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe SalviPope Francis’ papal bull for the Jubilee Spes Non ConfunditLuigi Giussani’s book, “In Search of the Human Face”The Confessions of Saint AugustineLuigi Giussani’s book “The Religious Sense”A pamphlet on the meaning of charitable work //Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

This month we’re sharing responses to questions asked by you, our listeners. The questions center around living a charism in the Church, accompanying others in the spiritual life, discerning God’s will for your life, and growing–daily, concretely–in a loving relationship with Christ. Thank you to everyone who submitted a question! //We’d love to hear from you. Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast.  Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //Other resources we mention:Pope Leo’s June 6th 2025 address to lay movementsLumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the ChurchPope Francis’ October 15th 2022 address to Communion & LiberationAlberto Savorana’s biography The Life of Luigi GiussaniAn excerpt of a dialogue with Fr. Javier Prades called The Rhythm of the MysteryMother Mary Francis’ book “My Beloved is Mine and I am His” \\Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”

Join us for the first-ever in-person episode of The Pilgrim Soul! During their vacation together in Idaho, Giuli, Sofi and Adrianna had a conversation about leisure. What is leisure? How are we tempted to distort it? What instead is its right relationship to prayer, work, and community? How are we educated in a true use of our free time? //Our media recommendation is Louis Armstrong’s song What a Wonderful World, which you can find on Spotify or on YouTube. Our monthly challenge is to take a moment one evening to look at the stars. //We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast.  Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. //Other resources we mention:Josef Pieper’s book “Leisure, the Basis of Culture”Fr. Luigi Giussani’s book “The Religious Sense”The Diary of St. Faustina KowalskaAn excerpt from The Portal of the Mystery of Hope, a poem by Charles Peguy \\Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks."

This month, Adrianna, Sofi, and Giuli are joined by their friend Fr. John Nepil for a conversation on how the encounter with Christ transforms the experience of the wilderness. Fr. John is a priest of the Archdiocese of Denver, a member of the Companions of Christ, and co-host of the podcast Catholic Stuff You Should Know. This conversation draws on his excellent book “To Heights and Unto Depths: Letters from the Colorado Trail” which was recently published by Ignatius Press and is also available on Amazon. //Fr. John’s media recommendations are the writing of Wendell Berry, such as the novel Jayber Crow (or Sofi’s favorite is his book of sabbath poems, A Timbered Choir), and the music of Gregory Alan Isakov. His monthly challenge is to reread Chapters 1-2 of Genesis in a place of creation, whether the backcountry or your own backyard. //We’d love to hear from you! Write to us at [email protected] or find us on Instagram at @pilgrimsoulpodcast.  Our website is www.pilgrimsoulpodcast.com. We’d be happy to pass on any questions to Fr. John. //Other resources we mention:Luigi Giussani’s book The Religious SensePope Benedict XVI’s address “The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty”Romano Guardini’s book The Essence of ChristianityThe testimony of Jone Echarri about her paralysis \\Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”