Cori Martin - FOCUS

Corinne Martin

Hi! My name is Cori Martin and I’m a second year FOCUS Missionary!

Where I serve

The Lord has called me to serve a second year at Indiana University! GO HOOSIERS!

Team IU 2025-2026: Sophie, Caroline, Mark, Will P, Me, Will B

My Story

I felt lost when I got to college in the Fall of 2020. I had missed so many experiences due to COVID, and my faith was at an all-time low. I attended mass my whole life, but I had never taken the time to form a personal relationship with God. Fortunately, I moved into the Newman Center at the University of Illinois and met a FOCUS Missionary who deeply invested in me and helped me through sorority recruitment. I was a small-town girl who didn’t know anyone, so I joined a FOCUS small group bible study hoping to form some new virtuous friendships.

It was through the invitations and authentic friendship of a FOCUS Missionary that helped lead me to know what it meant to be loved by the Lord.

As time went on, I grew in my faith, learned how to pray, and found community with other students. Then, through leading a small group bible study, I truly experienced the brokenness of college students who yearned to fill the emptiness in their hearts. They just often didn’t know with what or WHO. My experience made me realize that having missionaries on campus is life-changing, and going on a Mission Trip helped me recognize the Lord calling me to become a FOCUS missionary because I truly desire to help people become made new in Christ and experience how He can fill our hearts with His unwavering, merciful love just as He helped me encounter Him during my time on campus.

Your Impact

When I answered the Lord’s call to join FOCUS, I committed to relying on the spiritual and financial support of mission partners to help me on mission.

If you are interested in partnering with me, please let me know the best way to reach you, and I will schedule an appointment. I’d be honored to share this mission with you 🙂

Feel free to contact me at 815-644-2211 or [email protected]

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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