The Culture Project is an initiative of young people set out to restore culture through the experience of virtue. The Cleveland missionary team is dedicated to sharing messages of respecting the dignity of a human person and living a life of sexual integrity with those in middle schools, high schools and parish youth ministry groups.
Jimmy Schomburg is a 2024 graduate of Huntingdon College with a BA in History. He grew up in Decatur, Alabama and has lived in Alabama all his life. Jimmy heard about The Culture Project from his mom, but at the time, he wasn’t interested. It wasn’t until a few years later when he met some of their awesome missionaries at the SEEK24 conference that he began to think that this was something he could do after college. Having witnessed the horrendous damage to our culture firsthand while at college, Jimmy was inspired by The Culture Project’s message of hope and decided he wanted to bring that message to others. “I truly believe that it is groups like The Culture Project who will bring about a genuine renewal of our broken society. I became a missionary because I want to be a part of that renewal. ”
Ian Chorne is a 2025 graduate of Kennesaw State University who first heard about the Culture Project on the train from the St. Louis Airport to Seek23, where he talked to two former missionaries. The Culture Project mission to address topics like sexual integrity and social media with teens resonated with him, as he also struggled with these issues at that age. After discerning between serving and finding a job in his field, and with the encouragement from his girlfriend, Ian chose to devote a year to serving those who needed to hear the message of The Culture Project. “The enemy is already defeated, he is merely trying to not be alone in defeat. I want to serve as a missionary so I can tell as many people as possible they need not despair, they can find new life in Christ who loves them. "
Grace Castillo is a 2023 graduate of the University of Central Florida with a BA in Film. She grew up in the suburbs of Jacksonville, Florida, and was raised in a Catholic household. It wasn't until her time with the Catholic Campus Ministry at UCF that she truly understood the meaning of a personal relationship with Christ and what that looked like. As her time at UCF came to a close, she knew she wanted to pursue mission in some sort of way and discovered The Culture Project. Through a virtual come-and-see hosted by The Culture Project, she fell in love with their mission and purpose. After a lot of discernment and encouragement from her loved ones, she joyfully responded to the call to mission with "Yes, Jesus!" "There is an abundance of love and joy from Christ and I desire to share that message with others, especially to the future of our Church. "
Calli Statz is a 2024 graduate from Marquette University with a BS in Exercise Science. She grew up in Central Wisconsin before moving to Milwaukee, WI for college. Her times in college were some of the best in her life, during which time she met a previous Culture Project missionary. Upon hearing about the mission of The Culture Project, she knew she was being called to radically serve in this way. She fell in love with Jesus Christ, the Catholic Church, and service in college; and this phrase is always repeating in her heart... "the harvest is plentiful, the laborers few. " Calli hopes to widely spread the message of virtue and human dignity to all she meets this year!
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