From Joining the Catholic Church to The Bible in a Year: What SEEK Attendees Are Doing to Grow in Their Faith This Year

The Ascension Team was blessed to be among tens of thousands of people attending the SEEK Catholic conference this year. Our team in D.C. asked SEEK participants—a mix of college students, FOCUS missionaries, and Catholic adults—how they planned to grow in their faith in 2025. 

Top answers included the Bible in a Year or Rosary in a Year podcasts, committing to a daily Rosary, joining the Catholic Church, and leading or participating in FOCUS activities such as weekly Bible studies or summer projects.

Here is what SEEK attendees shared in their own words:

The Rosary in a Year: “In this new year, I want to pray the Rosary more, and increase my devotion to the Blessed Mother.” [Ascension: “Are you going to check out Rosary in a Year?”] “Obviously! I love Fr. Mark-Mary, so I’ll listen to anything that he publishes.”

• Annabel K., Pennsylvania

Entering the Church: “I’m going to convert to Catholicism and come into the Church on Easter.”

• Gavin L., Georgia

Bible study: “We are leading a new FOCUS Bible study to help others and ourselves to grow in the faith.” 

• Maria D. and Maria M., Pennsylvania

The Bible in a Year: “I’m doing The Bible in a Year for 2025. It’s my first time - one of my friends asked me, and I was always kinda thinking about it, so I just went for it this year.”

• Ryan L., Pennsylvania

Intercessory prayer: “My husband and I are resolved to do intercessory prayer for each other every morning before we leave the house.”

• Bailey D., North Carolina

Finishing Bible in a Year: This year, I’ve been thinking about the fact that I really need to pray grace before everything I eat, and to feel more appreciative for everything I have. The other thing I’ve been thinking about doing this year is taking time off social media and replacing it with finishing the Bible in a Year and working on the new Rosary in a Year podcast.” 

• Diane Z., South Carolina

Preparing for marriage: “This year I’m growing in my faith with my future husband. We’re getting married in June, so we’re preparing for a happy and faith-filled marriage together.”

• Katherine L., Indiana

FOCUS: “I’m becoming a FOCUS missionary.”

• Brea M., Virginia
  

St. Thérèse: “I’m reading I Believe in Love [a book about the teachings of St. Thérèse of Lisieux]“

• Dominique B.
  

Daily Rosary: “I’m praying a Rosary daily.”

• Anthony Z., Pennsylvania
  

Daily Rosary: “I’m also praying a daily Rosary.” 

• Liam B., Pennsylvania
  

The Bible in a Year: “I’m doing Bible in a Year to grow in my faith this year. This is my first time, I’m very excited. I’m a catechist for 3rd grade. I feel like I need to learn more each year, so this is my way to give back to my students.”

• Charlotte S., Virginia
  

Service groups: “I’m looking to join one of the service ministries on campus, to help give back to other people. I want to make that a big part of my upcoming semester.”

• Julia W., Virginia
  

Ascension videos on YouTube: “I’m in a Bible study and discipleship and I’m going to summer projects with FOCUS, and always listening to Ascension videos on YouTube.”

• Adriana B., Pennsylvania

Learn more about SEEK, watch this year’s keynote addresses, and purchase tickets for next year’s event at www.seek.focus.org.