Denver, Colo., Aug 10, 2010 / 23:03 pm
The Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), a college campus outreach program, recently added eight more universities to the number of campuses it serves. The organization now has affiliates at 50 campuses in 27 states and the District of Columbia.
Teams of four or more men and women are sent to be FOCUS missionaries at university campuses at the invitation of the local bishop and with the support of the local Newman Center or Catholic campus ministry. According to a press release from FOCUS, more than 250 missionaries will work on the 50 campuses this year.
Missionaries are typically recent college graduates and devote two or more years to reach out to their peers on a full-time basis. FOCUS says it seeks to communicate the Gospel to young adults in “a dynamic and culturally relevant way,” inviting them to a relationship with Jesus Christ and to the fullness of the Catholic Church.
The eight new campuses that will receive FOCUS teams are: Colorado School of Mines, George Washington University, Georgia Southern University, Northern Arizona University, Texas State University, the University of Kansas, Florida Gulf Coast University, and the College of Saint Mary in Omaha, Nebraska.