What Is the Shortest Path to God?
Maybe all our lives we've been trying to find our way to God while acting like he's somewhere very far away. As if there is a great distance between us and him that we must first cross…
Ad Sancta
Paths to the Holy: personal reflections, people of faith, and places that preserve centuries of Christian heritage.
Personal notebook
Spiritual Reflections ↗
Of faith, love, prayer and meaning.
People of faithSaints ↗
Lives, historical traces and related stories.
Meeting placesChurches and shrines ↗
Architecture, art and spiritual heritage.
On the pilgrimage roadPilgrimages ↗
Personal travelogues and a shared experience of faith.
Historical tracesThe history of Christianity ↗
Sources, testimonies and traditions.
From My Spiritual Notebook and Pilgrimage Journeys
St Helena Came from Brač!
My research thesis on St Helena’s possible origins on Brač, the island’s tradition and the sources behind my interpretation.
The Invisible Turn: Staying When Nothing Seems to Happen
When the Story Turns, Part Four: a personal reflection on Tolkien, quiet turning points and hope that does not announce itself.
After the Turn: Living with Light and Wounds
When the Story Turns, Part Three: Tolkien, healing and learning to live with both light and wounds after the turning point.
When the Story Turns: Grief and the Quiet Power of Fantasy
When the Story Turns, Part Two: grief, Tolkien’s eucatastrophe and the quiet power of fantasy to offer hope.
Before the Turn: When the Story Breaks
When the Story Turns, Part One: Tolkien, the long defeat and the moments when a life’s story seems to break.
Sunday in St Peter’s Square – A Prayer to Remember for a Lifetime
The Angelus with the Pope in St Peter’s Square: song, fellowship and memories of my grandfather Bepo from Supetar.
Rome in St Helena’s Footsteps – Santa Croce, the Holy Stairs and the Lateran
A pilgrimage through Rome in St Helena’s footsteps: Santa Croce in Gerusalemme, the Holy Stairs and St John Lateran, connected with my research on Brač.
Rome and Assisi – A Journey through Eternity, Faith and Human Connection
Pilgrimage to Assisi and Rome through history, faith, song and communion: from St. Francis and the encounter with Brother Nikola to the Roman basilicas and the Vatican.
St Helena and Constantine: A Mother and Son Who Changed the Course of History
When it comes to the people who shaped European civilization, few names can compare with Constantine the Great. He was the Roman emperor who changed the direction of the greatest…
Sveta Jelena Križarica (St Helena)
Texts on the life of St Helena, Christian history and traditions about her origin.
Read about Saint Helena