LA Religious Education Congress

The Holy Spirit is really working!

I spent some of the morning and all of the afternoon staffing Glenmary's vocation booth at the LA Religious Education Congress.  Hundreds of people stopped at our booth.  Thousands more passed by--somewhere in the area of 30,000+.  People of every color and race.  People of many languages.  People interested in Glenmary.  Many more just simply interested in securing a free flashlight with Glenmary's logo on it!

With all of these visits, though, one thing stood out the most:  the Holy Spirit continues to work in people's lives.

There were people passionate about educating young people.  There were people excited to learn about mission.  There were people hopeful for what the church is doing.  There were people enthusiastic at the work being done in their diocese.  People young and old, one cannot deny the working of the Holy Spirit driving the People of God to be involved in mission.

Come Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and kindle in them the fire of  your love.  Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created.  And you shall renew the face of the earth.