CNA Staff, Dec 13, 2025 / 14:25 pm

Curtis Martin, who with his wife Michaelann co-founded the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS) nearly 30 years ago, announced this week that he will step down from his leadership role there while continuing to serve in the long-running campus ministry organization.

In a Dec. 12 letter announcing his retirement from the role of CEO, Martin said that after nearly three decades, the organization now numbers “more than 1,000 FOCUS missionaries … in over 250 locations,” reaching “nearly 60,000 students and parishioners” in 2025 alone.

Since 2008, meanwhile, missionaries with the group have led “over 1,200 mission trips” that have sent more than 20,000 people to more than 50 countries.

Martin said the “ever-increasing time demands” of his mul

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