Theresa Kern

Hey! My name’s Theresa. I’m a FOCUS missionary serving at the University of Regensburg, Germany.

Where I serve

This year I’ll be the Team Director on our latest expansion Campus in Germany! Regensburg is a small city in Bavaria an hour north of Munich. I’m looking forward to meet new people, get to know the place and starting the mission there. I want to invite others to get to know Jesus Christ (more deeply) by being a witness of the joy which he brings. I’m excited to to step into the adventure that God has prepared for me!

My Story

As many people in Germany I was baptized as a baby, received the Eucharist the first time by the age of eight years and got confirmed five years afterwards. As a child I sometimes prayed to God, but I never knew Jesus. When I started studying in the year of 2015 in Passau I didn’t believe in God at all and thought the church would be some old institution with big issues. That changed when I started to get to know people who actually believed in Christ, and then even more when the first FOCUS missionaries arrived in Passau in the summer of 2018. I started to believe in Jesus presence in the Eucharist. A little later, at the seek conference in 2019, I understood that the only place where I will find the love that I’ve been longing for my whole live, is with Jesus at the cross.

As my love for Jesus grew, so did my love for the church. I stared leading a bible study as a student any eventually became a missionary. What if seen in the past years, is that there is a great need for people that make the church relatable. Jesus wants to love and reach the whole world through his church. We are his arms and hands and we need to get to know people and encounter them just like Christ would. Through this encounter and through the little way of evangelization the church can experience a true renewal.

Your Impact

When I answered the call to join FOCUS, I made the decision to rely on the spiritual and financial support of mission partners to help me through this mission. Being a mission partner means, that you would partake in the mission Jesus has entrustet to me. If you are interested in partnering with me or you would like to learn more about the mission of FOCUS in Europe, please let me know of the best way to reach you and I will schedule an appointment. My mail-adress is [email protected]. 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