Diogo Pinto Leite de Braganca

Diogo Pinto Leite de Braganca

PhD Candidate, Physics

“This is where you can meet great friends who will make you strive for holiness in your daily life.”

Coming to Stanford was my first time living abroad for a long time. In a country and a region with a different culture and language from mine, it was a great blessing to have the opportunity to join this Catholic Community. I remember very clearly the first Mass at Memorial Church that I attended, and the warm welcoming smile from Lourdes after Mass.

Joining a Small Group gave me the opportunity of making some good friends that put up with me and I started looking forward to the Monday night Dinner and Discussion.

In a university that too often, sadly, is so dry and devoid of Christ, this community was a safe harbor that pushes for holiness. Participating in meetings like Dogma&Donuts, and joint meetings with other Christian groups (eg IV Grad) inspired me to go deeper in the Catholic faith. It was also inside the Catholic Community that I joined three other guys that were crazy enough to do Exodus 90 together.

Now, looking backwards, I am very grateful that I could develop here my relationship with Jesus and His Blessed Mother, while getting to know my Catholic brothers and sisters.

Servus Mariae nunquam peribit