We will meet for a 75-minute long video meeting fortnightly. We will meet for 10 months usually starting in late August. You will also need enough time to invest in 2-5 people through a bible study or discipleship group. While missionary discipleship is a vision to live your entire life, there is a certain amount of time you will need in your schedule to launch these efforts in your parish. We suggest having at least 60-90 minutes per week to dedicate to this effort.
St. Timothy Fellows
Equipping and accompanying priests to live their call as missionary disciples
A 10-month accompaniment experience helping priests and deacons build a culture of missionary discipleship through fraternity, formation, and real-time application in parish life.
We need missionary disciples more than ever.
And it starts with priests.
How we help priests
Priest discipleship groups designed to help Priests transform their parishes
Discipleship Groups
Shared prayer, mission, accountability, and fraternity with 1–3 brother priests.
Led by Veteran Missionaries
Practical accompaniment from experienced FOCUS missionaries.
Real-Time Application
Priests actively implement discipleship within parish ministry during the program.
Immersive Events where you can recenter and refresh
Through a clear vision for evangelization and practical language to communicate it, priests are equipped to lead their parish with greater clarity, confidence, and missionary purpose.
“This journey has helped me clarify how to walk and disciple others to share the faith as I have grown. The articles of Foundations for Discipleship are a wonderful resource to use in this process.”
Fr. Jeff Stecz
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
“Having time to meet with Luke Oestman and Ryan Purcell has been extremely helpful… For several years I’ve wanted to live out missionary discipleship and tried but really settled more for reading about it. Now, with their help, I’m actually living it out on a completely different level.”
Fr. Darrin May
Diocese of Wichita
Renew the Parish
Renew the World
Through the Saint Timothy Fellows, priests receive formation, fraternity, and a shared language for leading missionary discipleship in their parish. If you are interested in joining a future cohort or learning more, connect with our team.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is FOCUS doing this?
FOCUS exists upon the conviction to live out the Church’s mission to bring Jesus Christ to every soul on earth. St. Timothy Fellows is an initiative within FOCUS to inspire, teach, and accompany priests in evangelization through their spiritual fatherhood. Our desire is to build up faithful priests in small groups with their brothers so they can experience genuine accountability in living out “the method modeled by the Master” and deepen their friendships in mission.
What is St. Timothy Fellows?
Two veteran missionaries will lead a small group of 2-4 priests as we model a discipleship group with shared prayer, check-ins, and mission content. We will model a simple, repeatable process to make disciples who will be sent out on mission. We will accompany you in building up the first of many generations of missionary disciples in your parish.
What is the time commitment?
What is the cost?
The base cost for each priest is $3,800. This includes 10-months of group video calls, on-on-one follow ups, SEEK registration, and Pastor Summit registration and hotel. For priests who are contracted with FOCUS with either campus or parish missionaries, this cost is included in your partnership fee. If cost is an issue, please reach out to use to discuss options.
Do you have more questions or want to start?
Contact Deacon Luke Oestman for any questions or if you want to move forward.
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