Neo-Church Exploits Youth With Counterfeit Saints at SEEK 2026
The catholicnewsagency.com portal (January 2, 2026) reports on the SEEK 2026 conference organized by FOCUS, drawing over 26,000 students across three U.S. cities under the theme “To the Heights!” The event promotes the recently “canonized” figures of Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis as models of holiness, with speakers like “Sister” Josephine Garrett and “Father” Vincent Bernhard framing sainthood as achievable through worldly engagement. Attendees describe the conference’s activities—including a “Jump to the Heights” physical challenge—as inspiring youthful devotion. This spectacle exemplifies the neo-church’s substitution of authentic Catholic asceticism with emotional manipulation and naturalistic activism.





