“Keep them connected”: ways to keep College students in touch with the Church
Over the years since the Columbine shooting and with the recent shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech it has become increasingly apparent that such tragic events may happen at any university or high school at any time. These events serve to remind us that being away at university is a very challenging time in a student’s life. Balancing the new found freedom of being away from home with all the responsibilities both domestic and academic that come along with that freedom can be totally overwhelming. Keeping our students connected to their faith in a very active way may just be the thing that helps them deal in a Christian way with the many temptations of life away from home.
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