Podcasts about focus student leadership summit

Kali Askvig and Cru Darrah talked about the upcoming FOCUS Student Leadership Summit.

Kali Askvig and Cru Darrah talked about the upcoming FOCUS Student Leadership Summit.

There's a lot talk about studies showing a rapid rise in the number of religiously non-affiliated young people -- the "nones" for short. But Archbishop Lucas recently attended two events which clearly demonstrate the zeal and faithfulness of large numbers of teenagers and young adults. He had the privilege of accompanying groups from our archdiocese at both the 2018 FOCUS Student Leadership Summit in Chicago--a conference which aims to train college students to evangelize their peers--and the 2018 March for Life in Washington, D.C. "We sometimes make the mistake of saying that younger Catholics are the 'future of the Church,' but anybody who is baptized is very much a part of the Church now. The Church depends on every baptized person, no matter their age."

In the first hour, hosts Brad Gray and Jeanine Bitzan visited with Jolene Obrigewitch about the great work of a therapeutic, working ranch called Home On The Range. RCIA candidates Brian and Alli Clark shared their journey of wanting to join the Catholic Church and talked about their recent experience at the FOCUS Student Leadership Summit. Finally, our hosts joined Mike Wavra and Robert Buresh to talk about the Knights of Columbus Ice Fishing Derby in Thief River Falls, MN.

Since Bishop Barron is out of town this week, we decided to share his talk from the FOCUS Student Leadership Summit in Chicago. Over 8,000 young Catholic leaders gathered to hear Bishop Barron speak about the Acts of the Apostles and our summons to mission. Enjoy the talk!

Since Bishop Barron is out of town this week, we decided to share his talk from the FOCUS Student Leadership Summit in Chicago. Over 8,000 young Catholic leaders gathered to hear Bishop Barron speak about the Acts of the Apostles and our summons to mission. Enjoy the talk!

In the first hour, host Fr. James Gross began by visiting with Teresa Johnson of United Blood Services about the importance of donating blood. Fr. Gross then spoke with the Diocese of Fargo's Fr. Luke Meyer about the FOCUS Student Leadership Summit he and several others from across the area are attending. Finally, our host visited with the Diocese of Fargo's Msgr. Brian Donahue about the Epiphany of the Lord and the Magi.