"I believe, in order to understand; and I understand, the better to believe." - St. Augustine

"No one can have God as Father who does not have the Church as Mother." - St. Cyprian

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

FOCUS

Anyone who is somebody should try to make it to a FOCUS conference at least once in their life. FOCUS stands for Fellowship of Catholic University Students and it was founded by Curtis Martin in 1998.

Conference truly changes lives and the excitement that it generates for the Lord and among college and university students is palpable. Plus, there are nuns and priests and monks everywhere. Pretty cool. And perpetual adoration, confession, and in this year's case, Emilio Estevez. By the way, everyone should see his new movie coming out during Holy Week, "The Way" staring his father, Martin Sheen (whose name comes from the respect that he had for Archbishop Sheen from the '50s.) I digress.

Conference allows you to recharge and re-(dare I say) focus on the things that are important. Namely, your relationship with Christ. It's one thing to know it in your head, it's another thing to have faith and experience it firsthand. Go to conference.