Null / Credit: St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Center Facebook pageDenver, Colo., Apr 1, 2023 / 06:00 am (CNA).After interviewing three priests in January who were students at CU Boulder, Denver Catholic spoke to the men and women behind the ministry to figure out their "secret sauce." What is the St. Thomas Aquinas Center doing to turn out great apostles?"It s Boulder," said Father Peter Mussett, pastor at St. Thomas Aquinas Parish in Boulder. "The secret sauce that we have is that we get to do ministry in Boulder, which is on one hand, two steps ahead of the culture in its progressivism and on another hand, it actually facilitates this strange openness of exploration.""There s oddly an openness to Boulder, too; there s a curiosity," said Megan Dillon, director of advancement for St. Thomas Aquinas. "It s a tough environment but also there s a genuine curiosity." The St. Thomas Aquinas Center (St. Tom s), serves the University of
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In November, the Archdiocese of St. Louis announced it would be postponing restructuring of its Catholic elementary schools until the 2024-25 school year.
DENVER, CO Some of the nation’s best and brightest future military leaders were among more than 22,000 people from 20 countries to encounter Christ during SEEK22 ( seek.focus.org ), a hybrid, immersive broadcast hosted by FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students) over the weekend of Feb.
5 Takeaways from SEEK21
Discussion
Every other year, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) hosts its SEEK conference that draws thousands of young Catholics together to encounter Christ and share the Gospel. For safety reasons, SEEK21 was streamed from Denver, CO in a hybrid format with the majority of events online. As a result, SEEK21 was actually FOCUS’ largest event to-date with 27,000 participants from 20 countries on 6 continents. But SEEK21 was markedly different from previous years, and not just because it was online.
Here are 5 key takeaways from SEEK21:
1. A Culture of Life, Not a Culture of Death
The challenges of the past year have been complicated and overwhelming. Many feel lost about what to think, how to pray, and wonder if there is any adequate response to the suffering we see and experience. One popular response to suffering and injustice is “cancel culture.” But condemnation and ostracization are symptoms of the “throwaway culture”