Author name: amdg

The Catholic News Agency portal reports record attendance at the SEEK 2026 conference organized by FOCUS (Fellowship of Catholic University Students), with over 26,000 participants across three U.S. cities. The article emphasizes numerical growth – 16,100 attendees in Columbus, 5,907 in Fort Worth, and 4,503 in Denver – with particular focus on increased student participation (11,744 from FOCUS campuses, 2,752 from non-FOCUS institutions) and ecclesiastical representation (58 bishops). Columbus Bishop Earl Fernandes describes the event as “like a mini-World Youth Day,” celebrating young adults’ enthusiasm while criticizing those who “serve in roles in their churches for decades without making space for young people.” The conference theme “To the Heights!” draws inspiration from recently “canonized” figures Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis, presented as models for overcoming modern struggles like loneliness. This carnival of neo-modernist euphoria perfectly encapsulates the conciliar sect’s substitution of quantitative metrics for supernatural faith.