Other Koinonia Programs

Name Abbreviation Sponsor School Where Notes
Koinonia of Springfield K Diocese of Springfield in Illinois N/A Springfield, IL Started Koinonia in 1976 and has lots of children.
Quincy Koinonia Q Campus Ministry Quincy University Quincy, IL A child of K (Springfield), the college version of Koinonia started in 1978.
Newman Foundation Koinonia NFK St. John’s Catholic Newman Center University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL Child of Q (Quincy). Started in 1981 and has lots of children.
Benedictine Koinonia BK University Ministry Benedictine University Lisle, IL Child of NFK. Started in 1990; interrupted 1995–2005; restarted Fall 2006 (with help from NFK, NK [ISU/IWU], SJK, and NIK). Record loss resulted in two BK 8 retreats: 1994 and 2006.
Actually, this is where this page is located; it is included here as a point of reference into the web of Koinonia programs.
Newman Koinonia NK St. Robert Bellarmine Catholic Center Illinois State University and
Illinois Wesleyan University
Normal, IL and
Bloomington, IL, respectively.
Child of NFK (NFK 15 = NK 1). Originally, there was a joint Koinonia program among several schools in western Illinois. Eventually, the programs split. ISU/IWU and WIU kept the same abbreviation; thus, the two NKs.
Newman Koinonia NK St. Francis of Assisi Newman Center Western Illinois University Macomb, IL Child of NFK (NFK 15 = NK 1). Originally, there was a joint Koinonia program among several schools in western Illinois. Eventually, the programs split. WIU and ISU/IWU kept the same abbreviation; thus, the two NKs.
St. Joseph Koinonia SJK St. Joseph Newman Center/Bradley University Newman Foundation Bradley University Peoria, IL Child of NFK (via the original joint NK, but interrupted and restarted again via NFK).
St. Francis Koinonia SFK University Ministry University of St. Francis Joliet, IL Child of NFK.
Northern Illinois Koinonia NIK Newman Catholic Student Center Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL Child of NFK by manual.
Benedictine College Koinonia
(BCK site needs updates; BC schedule has newer BCKs.)
BCK Benedictine College Ministry Office Benedictine College Atchison, KS Child of NFK (via NFK 80).
St. Lawrence Koinonia SLK St. Lawrence Catholic Campus Center University of Kansas Lawrence, KS Child of NFK.
Bowling Green Koinonia BGK St. Thomas Moore University Parish Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH Child of NFK.
St. Paul’s Koinonia SPK St. Paul’s University Catholic Center University of Wisconsin–Madison Madison, WI Child of NFK & SLK.

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