Olivia Copeman

Hi! It’s Olivia and Ben Oberbroeckling, and we are FOCUS missionaries—welcome to our support page 🙂

“For I am sure that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.” – Romans 8:38-39

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Where I serve

We will be serving as a married couple at The University of Toledo — Go Rockets! 3EF38775 9332 4BB5 9C96 577536EAA681 2

My Story

Olivia was born and raised in a Catholic family. However, she found herself primarily “going through the motions.” The major problem was that she knew some things about Jesus, but didn’t actually know Him personally. This led to her stopping practicing her faith and not going to Mass. During college, she started practicing her faith again. She fell deeply in love with Jesus during this time, and subsequently, fell in love with mission. Her best memories in college were made at her Newman Center, walking with women in authentic and laughter-filled friendships. Olivia knew that there was nowhere else she would rather be than working full-time as a FOCUS missionary post-graduation.

Ben was also born and raised Catholic and practiced his faith throughout his high school years. Praise the Lord, he had great parents who instilled in him a deep faith and taught him how to have a relationship with God. However, later in high school, and especially in college, the allure of partying and drinking got in the way of living a life of virtue—he was living the “double life” as we say, with “one foot in the Church and the other in the bar.” Thanks to lots of encouragement and some hard conversations with the FOCUS missionaries at UW-Platteville, he decided to start centering his life more on the Lord and less on worldly things. The process took time, but ultimately, he not only decided to give up partying himself, but also decided to pass on what he’d learned to other college students as a full-time Catholic missionary with FOCUS. He has been a missionary now for four years and is looking forward to doing his fifth year with his new wife, Olivia.

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. We have been blessed with the most amazing people who have journeyed with us as we serve on campus. If you are interested in partnering with us, please let us know of the best way to reach you, and we will schedule an appointment. We’d be honored to share this mission with you.

“Some give by going, and some go by giving” — we cannot wait to go on 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