Christine "Joy" Moran

Christine Joy Moran

Hi there! My name’s Joy. I’m a FOCUS missionary and Team Director at California State University, Fullerton!

Where I serve

Welcome friends! I’m so excited to enter into my 3rd-Year with FOCUS as a Team Director at California State University, Fullerton! I am continually graced by His abundance and entrustment of walking with amazing women on this beautiful campus. You can typically find me cooking meals and hosting friends, playing at the beach, or finding the best matcha in town. Come join me on my adventure! Go Titans!

My Story

Mother Teresa once said, “In the West, there is a loneliness, which I call the leprosy of the West. In many ways, it is worse than our poor in Calcutta.”

Throughout my time in high school and early college, I was thirsting for true purpose and intimacy from counterfeit remedies that never satisfied me. I hid behind busying myself with schoolwork, stretching myself thin to get involved, and grasping for any outlet of feeling approved and wanted. Like myself, the vast majority of college students hide behind their accolades and achievements under the guise of loneliness. Though I grew up in a culturally-Catholic Filipino household, I believed in the lie that I was meant to live my life alone, devoid of true relationships and friendships. When we glorify a culture that perpetuates this notion of success and money as the highest form of achievement that one can attain (especially for coming from a first-generation immigrant family), we end up alone and devoid of our true purpose which is to know and be in relationship with Jesus Christ.

Through the “yes” of two FOCUS missionaries at Kansas State, Kelly and Stephie, they invested years of their time, effort, and prayer for the conversion of my soul. Small pursuits of friendship and discipleship from them looked like eating pizza rolls late at night to getting me coffee after an all-nighter from the studio at the architecture school. One of my favorite moments was even simply just picking me up to pray at the local parish in front of the Blessed Sacrament. These two women taught me that I was made for relationship with others and for others, primarily with the One True God. The introduction of truth that the Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches us that “God, infinitely perfect and blessed in himself, in a plan of sheer goodness freely created man to make him share in his own blessed life” (CCC 1). You too, no matter who you are, are called into deep intimacy with Jesus Christ.

This is my 3rd-year on mission with FOCUS:

Graduated with a Masters Degree in Architecture from Kansas State University, Class of 2022
Served two years at the University of California, Irvine (2022-2024)
Serving at California State University, Fullerton (2024 – Present)

Your Impact

When I answered the call to join FOCUS, I made the decision to rely on the spiritual and monthly financial support of mission partners to help me through this mission. I’ve been blessed with the most amazing people who have journeyed with me as I serve on campus. If you are interested in partnering with me and supporting me at a monthly basis, please let me know of the best way to reach you and I will schedule a phone call or an appointment. I’d be honored to share this mission with you.

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Host	Retreat Type	Start Date	End Date
Tulane University	Way of the Disciple	09/05/24	09/07/24
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Sanctifier	09/13/24	09/15/24
Parish Outreach	The Father’s House	09/16/24	09/18/24
Kansas State University	The Father’s House	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of Delaware	Rec	09/20/24	09/22/24
University of South Carolina – Columbia	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24
St. Francis University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Nicholls State University	The Father’s House	10/04/24	10/06/24
Northwestern State University	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
University of Memphis	The Father’s House	10/11/24	10/13/24
Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
Ohio State University	The Father’s House	10/18/24	10/20/24
University of Dallas	The Sanctifier	10/24/24	10/26/24
Central Connecticut State University	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Universidad de Monterrey	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
California State University – Fullerton	The Father’s House	10/25/24	10/27/24
Sts. Anne and Joaquim, Fargo, ND	Way of the Disciple	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Krems	Men’s	11/01/24	11/03/24
University of Mary	The Father’s House	11/08/24	11/10/24
DePauw University	Rec	11/08/24	11/10/24
Philanthropy Engagement	Way of the Disciple	11/15/24	11/17/24
University of Passau	Rec	11/21/24	11/23/24
Texas A&M University	The Sanctifier	02/07/25	02/09/25
FOCUS Greek Southeast	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Midwest	The Father’s House	02/14/25	02/16/25
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	The Sanctifier	02/14/25	02/16/25
FOCUS Greek Southwest	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
Wayne State University	The Father’s House	02/21/25	02/23/25
University of Illinois-Chicago	The Sanctifier	02/21/25	02/23/25
Queens College of the City University of New York	The Father’s House	03/07/25	03/09/25
Nicholls State University	Way of the Disciple	03/07/25	03/09/25
Grand Valley State University	The Father’s House	03/28/25	03/30/25
University of Northern Iowa	Way of the Disciple	04/03/25	04/05/25
University of Nebraska Lincoln	The Father’s House	04/04/25	04/06/25
Arizona State University	Men’s	02/07/25	02/09/25
University of Nebraska at Kearney	Rec	09/27/24	09/29/24