Friends, welcome to Word on Fire, Catholic Ministries. Word on Fire is an apostolate dedicated

to the mission of evangelization, using media both old and new to share the faith on every

continent and to facilitate and encounter with Christ and His Church. The efforts of

Word on Fire engage the culture and bring the transformative power of God's Word where

it is most needed. Today we invite you to join Bishop Robert Baron as he preaches

the gospel and shares the warmth and light of Christ with each of us.

Peace be with you. Friends, I've just gotten back from a conference at the wonderful St.

Vincent's Arch Abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, birthplace by the way of Aril Palmer.

But St. Vincent is a wonderful Benedictine community. In fact, the biggest Benedictine community

in the world right now. So think of this wonderful ancient tradition of Benedictineism.

And right now, the biggest instance of it anywhere in the planet is in Latrobe, Pennsylvania.

Well, I was there for a conference on evangelization and higher education. And almost all the

participants were from the world of campus ministry. May I say, campus ministry in many

ways is where it's happening right now in the American Church. A lot of very vibrant

energy is being unleashed at these campuses. And that's where it's most needed. As you

know, a lot of our young people are abandoning the faith precisely during college. So it

was a very interesting group to talk to and to hear from. Anyway, in the course of one

of the Q&A sessions, one of the participants asked a good and very pointed question. She

said, what do you think an evangelized student would look like? I like that because it wasn't

abstract. You know, we were talking a lot about evangelization and this and that. But okay,

what's the cash value to use William James' term? What does it look like? Well, a number

of the panelists, this was during a panel like round table thing and a number of the panelists

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