Denver, Colo., Jan 16, 2006 / 22:00 pm
On Saturday evening, most of Denver, Colorado was enthralled by the Denver Broncos football team and their impressive playoff toppling of the reigning Super bowl champion New England Patriots. In the nearby suburb of Broomfield however, nearly 700 college students were enthralled by a different sort of victory--as they adored Jesus Christ in the Eucharist.
The weekend event, titled “This is Eternal Life” was sponsored by the burgeoning Fellowship of Catholic University Students--a campus ministry program, born in 1997, and currently active on some 27 college and university campuses across the U.S.
The weekend hosted Mass, adoration of the Eucharist, numerous speakers and stressed the victory of Christ over sin and death.
According to Matthew McCartney from FOCUS’ national office, the yearly conference--a staple for many students, and one which had grown to almost 2,000 attendees last year--was broken up into three regional conferences in an effort to make the event more accessible to more students.