If you’ve ever gone to a huge public school (which I have) you’ll notice oil and water groups of students called “cliques.” A clique is a small, exclusive group of friends or associates. Cliques can be intimidating whether you’re actually in High School or just visiting.

No one likes cliques. No one wants to be on the outside of anything and our natural, hardwired desire for communion tells us this. Our faith is universal (read: not small OR exclusive, not cliquey) and our Church is strengthened by the blood of martyrs, those individuals that radically believed in the ONE Mystical Body of Christ. Jesus died for all mankind, not just the guys revving their engines during lunch. Jesus came to seek and save all that was lost, not just hang out at Orange Julius in the Mall. Love is not “cliquey,” Love goes beyond all social norms and small exclusive groups of friends. Love begets virtuous action which begets love which begets…you get the point. It’s a vicious cycle you really want to be a part of.

The virtue that the brothers are learning in FRATERNUS goes beyond all social norms. These young men are the future of the Church, men that will confidently walk independent of cliques to unite all of their brothers and sisters to the Lord.

Virtue is turning the tides towards unity…

KWess