Vocations
Precious Blood Family at the seek 2017 conference in San Antonio, Texas
Conversations
by Timothy Armbruster, c. pp. s., Vocation Director
Looking out the window as we landed, I saw green grass along the runway. I knew then we were no longer in Kansas. Just after the first of the year, I traveled to San Antonio, Texas to attend seek 2017. I was joined by Fr. Steve dos Santos, Sr. Patty Kramer, Sr. Karen Elliot, and Lori Benge. We came together as Precious Blood family.
seek 2017 was a conference with tons of college students from hundreds of colleges. Over 13,000 college students came together for five days of talks, workshops, art, and worship. It is sponsored by focus, an apostolate that focuses on launching college students into lifelong Catholic mission. focus missionaries work with college students to invite them to grow in their Catholic faith and relationship with Jesus Christ. Even beyond graduation, students are encouraged to continue to be leaders in ministry and reach out to others.
We were invited to interact with students in various ways throughout the week. We had our traditional
vocation booth and materials to hand out. We had continued on page 7
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