DENVER, Jan. 6, 2018 — One of the largest gatherings of Catholics around the topic of evangelization, SLS18: Inspire & Equip, hosted by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), welcomed more than 8,000 participants to Chicago Jan. 2 – 6, 2018. Attendees, most of them college students, honed evangelization skills through training and practice sessions. SLS18 had more than twice as many attendees as SLS16, hosted two years ago. Recordings of several speaker talks and dozens of event photos are at facebook.com/FOCUSCatholic.

“Our students will return to campus energized and better equipped to share the joy of the Gospel,” said Allie Slough, a FOCUS missionary at Michigan Technological University. Slough’s parents John and Shayne attended, as did her 19-year-old brother John. “The skills our students and my family members learned at SLS18 will help them share their faith and bring others closer to Christ.” Continue reading.