Jacob & Mallory Palchak

“Some give by going, others go by giving.” – Mother Theresa

Where We serve

Jacob served his first year as a full-time campus missionary at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and Mallory served her first year at Texas A&M University in College Station. We served our second year together at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and we are excited to return to Texas Tech for our third year on staff! And we are expected our first child this fall!

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Our Story

Jacob is from Hilton Head Island, South Carolina and Mallory is from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. We both attended the University of South Carolina in Columbia where Jacob was on the pre-med track and Mallory studied Nursing. Jacob met one of the FOCUS missionaries after Sunday mass during one of our first weeks on campus. That missionary invited Jacob to his to first ever bible study and quickly became a great friend and spiritual inspiration for him. Jacob attended FOCUS’ national conference, SEEK, where he was surrounded by thousands of other catholic college students and experienced a strong pull to dive deeper into his faith. His missionary continued to invest in him, teaching him how to pray, study scripture, and the importance of the sacraments. He eventually became a strong leader in our catholic community, mentoring other students, leading his own bible study, and altar serving. Also during our first weeks on campus, Mallory was approached by a protestant group on campus and got plugged into their bible studies and community. While she was growing in her relationship with Jesus, she eventually realized her friends were missing the fullness and beauty of Catholicism, so she started attending a FOCUS bible study and began meeting with one of the missionaries. It wasn’t until our senior year that we met each other after we both decided to apply to become FOCUS Missionaries! We both used to dream of becoming wealthy healthcare professionals and living a life of comfort. Now our greatest desire is to lead others to Christ and do whatever it takes to fulfill His great commission to “go and make disciples of all nations” (Matthew 28:19).

Your Impact

When we answered the call to join FOCUS, we made the decision to rely on the spiritual and financial support of mission partners to help us through this mission. If you are interested in partnering with us, please reach out to us and we would be happy to schedule an appointment to share more about our story and the work we are doing. We’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