College students at conference urged to 'set the world on fire'

Published: 2008-01-09

GRAPEVINE, Texas (CNS) -- "Go, and set the world on fire!" These words of St. Ignatius of Loyola comprised the theme of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students' 2008 National Student Leadership Conference Jan. 2-6 in Grapevine. The conference also was the 10th anniversary celebration for Colorado-based FOCUS. The organization has more than 150 missionaries ministering to thousands of students on 33 campuses in 18 states. During the Christmas break when one might imagine students spending their time sleeping, seeing family and friends or earning money, more than 3,000 young people traveled from all around the country to experience five days of encountering Jesus Christ. Noted author and public speaker Jeff Cavins kicked off the conference as keynote speaker. "I believe that God has placed in our hearts a sense of mission," he told the students and their campus missionary leaders. "He has created us to work with him. He has created us to demonstrate his glory and reflect with our daily lives his wisdom, his beauty, his power."

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