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 2025
• Pope Leo’s Q&A with young people on August 2 2025
• Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi
• Pope Francis’ papal bull for the Jubilee Spes Non Confundit
• Luigi Giussani’s book, “In Search of the Human Face”
• The Confessions of Saint Augustine
• Luigi Giussani’s book “The Religious Sense”
• A pamphlet on the meaning of charitable work //

Our theme music is Nich Lampson’s “Dolphin Kicks.”