Introducing the 2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteers: Lina Guerrero

2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteer Lina Guerrero

Lina will serve at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) in Chicago, Illinois and will live with Dayton Precious Blood Sisters in the Bridgeport neighborhood. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas then graduated from Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, Maryland with degrees in international studies and Spanish. She spent the last year serving as part of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in western Missouri with the Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund. She has committed to serving as a Precious Blood Volunteer for a full year.

  • Why do you want to volunteer?

“After being a Jesuit Volunteer this past year, I felt a call to do another year of service because I felt like I wasn’t ‘done’ yet. There is still so much work to be done, systems to tackle, and things to learn about people for me to not try to volunteer again.”

  • Why do you want to volunteer with Precious Blood Volunteers?

“After meeting, living with, and attending a parish with Precious Blood priests, I truly enjoyed and was spiritually nourished by their examples, ministries, and spirituality. I also have had a Precious Blood priest as my spiritual director this past year, which also allowed me to discern my desire to continue volunteering as well as working with the Precious Blood Community. Also, us Jesuit Volunteers spent a lot of time with the Kansas City Precious Blood volunteers over the past year, with some of our placements overlapping with theirs. So in short, all things Precious Blood were of great support to me and my fellow Jesuit Volunteers during our JV year in Kansas City. ”

  • What are you looking forward to about your volunteer experience?

“Being able to continue serving in many ways that I did as a Jesuit Volunteer, but also have the ability to learn, serve, and grow in ways that I didn’t during my JV year. Just the fact that this experience will be very different from my previous volunteer experience is exciting for me.”

Introducing the 2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteers: Koby Buth

2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteer Koby Buth


Koby Buth will serve in Kansas City at KC CARE Health Center and will live in Gaspar Mission House. In June of 2018 he married Brooke Buth who will be serving at Cristo Rey High School and Bishop Sullivan Center. Koby grew up in Coopersville, Michigan near Grand Rapids. He graduated in May of 2018 Bachelor of Science in biology and also in honors humanities through the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University. Koby has committed to serving as a Precious Blood Volunteer for a full year.

  • Why do you want to volunteer?

“I wanted to volunteer because I wanted more clinical experience going into medical school. When going to college, it’s easy to work on academics, but much more difficult to volunteer and work in the healthcare field as preparation for medical school. ”

  • Why do you want to volunteer with Precious Blood Volunteers?

“I wanted to volunteer with Precious Blood volunteers primarily because it’s a Catholic organization. I went to a Protestant college for four years, and it will be nice to spend a year with devoted Catholics.”

  • What are you looking forward to about your volunteer experience?

“I am looking forward to moving from the academic sphere of college to the practical sphere of the clinic, talking with patients, better learning how the medical field operates, and making connections to other healthcare professionals.”

Introducing the 2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteers: Brooke Buth


2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteer Brooke Buth


Brooke will serve in Kansas City at Cristo Rey High School and at Bishop Sullivan Center and will live in Gaspar Mission House. In June of 2018 she married Koby Buth who will be serving at KC CARE Health Center. Brooke grew up in Aurora, Illinois a suburb of Chicago. She graduated in May of 2018 from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Indiana with degrees in youth ministries and honors humanities. Brooke has committed to serving as a Precious Blood Volunteer for a full year.

  • Why do you want to volunteer?

“I want to serve people who have been on the margins of society. I want to learn how the Church and the community can better support the poor and our youth, and I want to meet Christ in the people I serve.”

  • Why do you want to volunteer with Precious Blood Volunteers?

“I love Precious Blood Volunteer’s focus on spirituality and reconciliation in service, and I appreciate that they have long-term connections with the city and the organizations where we serve. I think it’s a sustainable way for the volunteers and the city to benefit from our service.”

  • What are you looking forward to about your volunteer experience?

“I’m excited to spend time focused completely on others – college is an intense time of self-growth and encourages you to focus on your own knowledge and studies, so I am excited to transition into a time of being other-focused. Of course I’m excited to live with priests! And to see the Kansas City library!”

Introducing the 2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteers: Steven Dougherty

2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteer Steven Dougherty


Steven Dougherty will serve as a Precious Blood Volunteer at Precious Blood Ministry of Reconciliation (PBMR) and will live in community at the Formation House in Hyde Park. He grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee in northeastern Tennessee. Steven graduated in May 2018 from the University of Dayton with a bachelor of arts in English and Philosophy. He has committed to serving as a Precious Blood Volunteer for a full year.

  • Why do you want to volunteer?

“I want to volunteer because I am tired of feeling powerless in the face of pain and injustice. ”

  • Why do you want to volunteer with Precious Blood Volunteers?

“I decided to volunteer with Precious Blood Volunteers because of their focus on peace and justice. I want to help untangle fear and violence from the lives of others.”

  • What are you looking forward to about your volunteer experience?

“I am looking forward to getting to know the people in the community I will be working in.”

2018-2019 Precious Blood Volunteers

I am excited to announce that we have four young men and women completing their Orientation this week as Precious Blood Volunteers. Please keep them in your prayers as they enter into their term of service with the Precious Blood community.
Over the next several days we will be introducing each one of them to you.
-Tim Deveney