The Catholic Worldview Fellowship was far more than just a month of coursework. The Fellowship gave me a rich experience of Catholic living. Alongside 28 other college students, I pursued truth in the classroom, beauty in churches, and goodness in conversation at meals. We began and ended each day in prayer as a community, thus everything flowed from and to Christ. I deeply treasure the community I have found during these last weeks, and it has encouraged me beyond words to be surrounded by such peers.
Catholicism has the amazing ability to take shape in any culture of any age bringing forward the best of each. Positively, this program did not teach us how to defend the faith but rather how to advance it. We are called to be cultural leaders of our day.
Attending lectures led by a professional business coach over a proven model of leadership has excited me for the possibility of leadership in my own life. CWF has given me a vocabulary to define the leadership I strive to emulate and concrete steps toward achieving this end.
At the close of this program, we had achieved far more than just three college credits (although we did do that too); we had truly experienced the good, the true, and the beautiful. Now our time has come to go out and live it. This journey was not meant to end in Europe but had formed us to go make disciples of all nations, proclaiming the kingdom of God through the witness of our lives. Our habits of prayer, study, and leisure were intended so that we might share them with a world starving for these very things, starving for God. It is with great joy that I say this program has made a lasting impact on my own life.