SEEK25, a conference organized by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) took place in two locations this past January. A group from Western Kentucky University’s St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center attend the Jan. 1-5 conference in Salt Lake City. Below are several reflections from WKU students who attended.
“When I joined this hiking retreat, I was not expecting the challenges that awaited me. However, I found the challenges were worth it. I came to this retreat believing, in some way, that God was calling me for something, either big or small.”
Eight young adults attended the April 12-14, 2024 The Journey Hike Retreat, which was held on the North Trail at Land Between the Lakes.
ST. LOUIS (OSV News) — A record number of attendees gathered at the Jan. 1-5 SEEK24 conference in downtown St. Louis, with excitement already mounting for the 2025 conference.
“We each had different reasons for coming together this weekend and all left with so much more love for God and each other as necessary creations in his image…”
During a beautiful summer weekend in August 2023, 25 young people and leaders from around the diocese and episcopal region gathered at Gasper River Catholic Youth Camp and Retreat Center to retreat from the world and spend time reflecting on labels.
In July, young adults from across the Diocese of Owensboro gathered at St. Joseph Monastery in Whitesville, Kentucky, for a one-day Eucharistic Revival Retreat hosted by the Office of Young Adult Ministry.
“I am a cradle Catholic, definitely strongly rooted. I grew up at Holy Spirit, went to Western Kentucky University and was very involved in the Newman Center.”
On Friday, March 24, 11 young adults from our diocese gathered at St. Henry Parish in Aurora for the start of The Journey: A Young Adult Hike Retreat, hosted by the Office of Youth and Young Adult Ministry.
In 2018, Holy Spirit Parish in Bowling Green embarked on a journey – a mission – to assist the Church at large with one question: Why are churches losing young people?