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.
Christopher Novinski is a 2021 University of North Texas graduate with a BFA in Studio with a Concentration in Sculpture. During his challenges attending a very secular university, he leaned into his faith and ultimately fell in love with the community surrounding it. At the Dallas SEEK22 conference, he first encountered a missionary with The Culture Project, which ignited a fire in his heart. After later providentially hearing a missionary in Philly speak and vulnerably share her heart, it moved his own towards living his life differently and eventually becoming a missionary himself: "This culture makes it difficult to hear and see the goodness of living a life of chastity rooted in authentic sacrificial love. Through sharing these beautiful truths, my goal is to remind each person how good they truly are."
Jess Wurtz grew up near Clifton, Kansas, and studied Social Work at Fort Hays State University. When she first heard about The Culture Project from a dear friend, she instantly felt drawn to helping others understand the value instilled in them by their heavenly Father. "Teaching others what we were created for and how to love well, this is what I'm drawn to. I'm overjoyed that I get to spread the love of Jesus and the goodness of Theology of the Body to more of God's children."
Erin Delaney graduated from Fairfield University in 2024 with a BA in History and English Literature. She grew up on Long Island, New York, and hosted a weekly music show on her college’s radio station. Erin met The Culture Project after following them on social media. After seeing firsthand what The Culture Project missionaries do to combat the current culture on a discernment weekend in Omaha, it solidified the call that Christ had placed on her heart to serve as a Culture Project missionary. “The Culture Project’s mission of sharing the truth of human dignity and worth to the world inspires me. I became a missionary to share this message that is not talked about enough in our culture.”
Jacob Strecker was a student at Kansas State University in Biology/Secondary Education when The Culture Project reached out to him. After some discernment and a very good homily from his priest, Jacob decided to take a year off of school to be a missionary. Jacob is excited to serve as a missionary, particularly by helping every person he encounters see their own value and recognize their dignity as a human being.
Rebeca Sada is a 2023 graduate of Texas A&M University with a BS in Bioenvironmental Sciences. She grew up in San Antonio, Texas but moved to Dallas for her first year of teaching high school. Rebeca first encountered The Culture Project on Instagram where she saw the message of human dignity and authentic love during her conversion in college. As a teacher, she saw how badly kids need to hear that they are unconditionally loved by Jesus and can live more freely if they let Him in. This led her to step away from education and give a year of her life to serve with The Culture Project. “I was once in the same place that a lot of kids are in now. I became a missionary so that I could share what I wish I would’ve known back then, that I was created for a reason and the way I live my life actually matters.”
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