“ ‘Go, Set the World on Fire!’ ”
This concluding chapter describes how missionaries transition from on-campus evangelization to Catholic life after FOCUS and speculates about the impact of FOCUS on US Catholicism. A small percentage of former missionaries become priests and sisters. But, most FOCUS alumni get married, have children, join local parishes, and find work in positions ranging from corporate America to diocesan offices to service-oriented nonprofits. They join local moms’ groups and softball leagues and they start Bible studies and knitting clubs. These millennial-generation Catholics are trained and motivated to encourage Catholic identity in parishes across the country. US Catholicism is being reshaped by how these former missionaries integrate their years as missionaries into the Catholic pews.