Fr. Mike , OP of the Catherine of Siena Institute writes of his experiences preaching missions and, specifcially of a communal Penance service at the U of Arizona.

From Luceat, the blog of FOCUS, a post about the group’s presence at the recent University of Illinois Sexual Health Fair.

In nearly two years as a missionary with FOCUS, never have I ever had such a dramatic experience of sharing the Gospel. Picture this: with half a dozen condoms and/or morning after pill prescriptions in hand, students would meander passed our table, read the words “Theology of the Body,” and just sort of stare, dumbfounded at how these two words might have anything in common with one another. At this moment, one of the Catholic students and I would approach the aforementioned dumbfounded co-ed and ask if they had ever heard of Theology of the Body – to which they would invariably reply “No.” Next, we asked if they would like to hear a little bit about the Theology of the Body to which they would invariably reply “Yes!” We then shared the following five points:

Both via Intentional Disciples.