One college retreat that catholic dioceses have developed is called Antioch. The name is taken from the town in Greece where the early believers in Christ took on the name "Christian". I've done a few Antiochs in the past at Loras and, as both a student and priest, I've been happy with what took place there. But, this past weekend, I had a paradigm shift. I did Antioch at St. Thomas Aquinas in Ames.
In theory, the two programs came from the same parent program. However, there was a lot of difference between the two. What impressed me most was the notion of growth in the christian faith that takes a lifetime to complete. Salvation is not something that just happens to the exclusion of an individual. Instead, we must live our whole lives in order to enter the kingdom of God. These college students defintely understood that we aren't just "saved" and done. Instead, each day we choose wheather we want to lead the life of Christ or not.
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