Thousands of young Catholics descended on Phoenix, Arizona, last week for a conference hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), serving as a sign of hope amid an extended period of malaise in American Catholicism.
From December 30 to January 3, the Student Leadership Summit brought together Catholics from across the country for a week dedicated to faith formation, prayer and training for evangelisation.
The conference included a star-studded line-up of Catholic speakers, including Fr Mike Schmitz, a chaplain at the University of Minnesota-Duluth known for his short video messages, who encouraged participants to help others encounter the love of Jesus Christ.
