Denver, Colo., Jan 15, 2006 / 22:00 pm
On Saturday morning, as many college students around Colorado were still asleep, hundreds were gathered at the Broomfield Omni Interlocken Hotel for Mass, and to hear Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput challenge them to live up to their true calls from God.
The Archbishop spoke to the nearly 700 college students from around Colorado and the west, gathered for the annual FOCUS Student Leadership Conference, and told them that each of them were being called by God to “something spectacular.”
FOCUS, the Fellowship of Catholic University Students is a national campus ministry organization aimed at sharing the Gospel and teachings of the Church with college students.
Flanked by 14 of his brother priests and deacons, the Archbishop paraphrased a well known quote by St. Irenaeus, telling the students that “our being fully alive is what gives God glory.”