Why is community important to our individual journey?

Dear Friends,

Today's Wednesday Forum seeks to open up a discussion on the part that community plays in our lives. It's been triggered in part by some ideas I've been reading in Robert Tilley's book, "Benedict XVI and the Search for Truth" but also by a number of recent threads in our forum. In particular a remark that Francis made yesterday in the forum: "The outline Brian gave us of what he sees for Catholica presents wonderful challenges and I, for one, am willing to take them up. The idea of community, in particular, is great. I note that there must be a multitude of reasons why people would join in either reading or contributing to Catholica. However I suggest that ultimately we seek an assurance that the path we follow is leading to the Truth." Benedict argues that we derive that assurance through the community we belong to. But what sort of "community" are we talking about here? That, it seems to me, is the crucial question — and that's the question I'm essentially throwing up for discussion today. <Join the Forum Discussion>

Wishing you a great day wherever you happen to be ... in life and in our world.

Brian Coyne
Editor and Publisher