I’m excited to be part of a group of millennial Catholics that launched the website Live Questions this week. It’s an online space for an ever-widening community attempting to follow the poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s advice: “Don’t search for the answers, which could not be given to you now, because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday far in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer.”

A bit about us: We are a community inspired by one belief — The love of God is at work. We try to live this belief by exploring questions of vocation, community, solidarity, and beauty:

Vocation: Who is God calling me to be? How does God’s love affect important decisions related to relationships, career, money, leisure time, and more?

Community: What does strong community require? How can we promote the common good in the church and the world? How can we encourage both participation and accountability?

Solidarity: How can we cultivate kinship across boundaries of religion, ethnicity, and class? In what ways can we live the belief that all people are part of one human family?

Beauty: What is beautiful? How does beauty inspire and rejuvenate us? What can we learn about God and ourselves by encountering and creating works of visual art, film, music, poetry and prose?

Most of the curators of LQ participated in Contemplative Leaders in Action (CLA) in Philadelphia, a two-year leadership development and faith formation program rooted in the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. CLA itself is part of the Jesuit Collaborative, whose mission is to share Ignatian spirituality.

After the group concluded in 2012, some members continued to meet in each other’s homes for the purpose of sharing a meal, discussing books, music, or movies that engaged us, and praying.

Along the way, a few like-minded friends dropped in. Because of our prior experience in CLA and our continued fellowship, we were also able to use each other as trusted sounding boards for career, family, and life choices.

The idea of the “four questions” was an attempt to provide structure and coherence for these gatherings. We were clearly more than a book club. We also had something special and distinct from the many “young adult” groups some of us had experienced. We may not have had an official name, but we are a very intentional, albeit small, Catholic community.

We think there is a real thirst for people to connect with something bigger than themselves, to be part of a community, to be authentic and engaged, to see where we fit in a loving God’s world. Our group gathers monthly for prayer, discussion, and meal-based fellowship focused on those four questions. We commit to asking these questions in our personal and professional lives every day. We participate in worship and service in our own parish and wider communities.

Live Questions, which launched this week, grew from our desire to share this experience with others. Check us out at Live Questions, like us on Facebook, or shoot us a note: livequestions2013@gmail.com. We’d love you to join the conversation.