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FOCUS hosted the “Awaken,” an exclusive poetry, art and music competition at SEEK2019 through “A beauty initiative within FOCUS.” The event is sponsored by Our Sunday Visitor and Papercastle Records. The purpose of Awaken is to give participants at SEEK the chance to see beauty as a bridge to the Divine, a window to encounter the person of Christ. These artists got a prompt from to guide them in their creation. “What are you looking for?” John 1:29-42 https://focusoncampus.org/beauty Can Beauty Save the World? Beauty is for everyone. Beauty causes us to awaken to the deepest desires of our hearts. Beauty stirs in us a sense that we were made for more, that we were made for the infinite God. Authentic beauty is a place of encounter with Jesus Christ, who is Beauty Himself. By having a relationship with Christ and His Church, we can find fullness of life — now and in eternity. https://seek2019.com/awaken/ Conversion is a powerful moment. Often we remember certain people, smells and details that we savor surr