Justin Dasher

Hello! My name is Justin Dasher, I am a missionary at Stony Brook University on Long Island, New York.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? – Romans 10:14

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Where I serve

Stony Brook University has 25,000 students, thousands of which are far from Christ and in desperate need of the Gospel and YOU can help! God has already given everything for these students through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ and now, with your support, I have the privilege of giving myself to help them to know Jesus and to make him known.

My Story

While I was raised in a Christian household, early on in my adult life I left the faith. I could not reconcile the brokenness I experienced in my own life with a God who was loving. I tried to find answers elsewhere but I was left deeply broken and in need of a savior.

God broke through the summer of my senior year, when a friend, after hearing of how I was hurting, said to me: “I am not surprised, I have been praying that you would never be satisfied by anything in the world.” For the first time, I felt God’s love, the way that he was using my brokenness to save me, and I came to believe that he had a call for my life.

At the time, I joined an Anglican Church and began to study and grow deeper in my faith there, as well as the ministries Nav’s and InterVarsity. But God’s story for my life was far from over and at the time I would have never predicted that on the Easter of 2024 God l would lead me to the Catholic faith. FOCUS was an integral part of my conversion. But what I have learned is that the greatest conversion is always a head of me, God continues to reveal the depths of his love, his goodness, and his plan for my life. He continues to teach me more of what it means to be a disciple and through FOCUS I have the privilege of helping others do the same.

Your Impact

Students across the U.S. are struggling with a lack of meaning and community. Many seek the fulfilment of those desires in the world and what it offers, and I have seen time and time again that those students come back empty, and that was my experience also. These students desperately need the Gospel of Jesus Christ, they need to encounter something more, what they were made for! The opportunity to share that with them is only possible through your support. Your giving makes it possible for me to serve God on college campuses, to speak into students lives during one of the most formative and impactful years of their lives. It would be a great privilege 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