Monthly Archives: January 2013

• Meet the new Domestic Volunteer: Sarah

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 30, 2013

  It took 12 hours to drive from her hometown of Newton, Illinois, but Sarah Hoffeditz has made it to our headquarters in D.C. to join our staff and become the newest Domestic Volunteer. Sarah graduated […]

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• Mission Monday: Wine and Cheese Make a Reunion

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 28, 2013

  To welcome home our returning missioners we held our traditional Wine and Cheese Open House.   On this Thursday evening, snow threatened the roads and dark had already fallen, but Casa San Salvador soon filled with […]

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• FMS Podcasts: History of the Church and Franciscanism

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 25, 2013

  Franciscan Mission Service is making resources from our mission formation available to the public, including podcasts from the classes. Our missioners get to learn some interesting subjects while in formation: history, theology, geography, environmentalism, social […]

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• What Would Dr. King Say To The First Black President? (Part 2)

  
  

  • By Fr. Joe Nangle, OFM
  • On January 21, 2013

   Fr. Joe Nangle, OFM  shares part two of his message for this historic weekend. For part one, please see Friday’s post. By The White House from Washington, DC (P012009PS-0477  Uploaded by Ekabhishek) [Public domain], via […]

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• What Would Dr. King Say To The First Black President? (Part 1)

  
  

  • By Fr. Joe Nangle, OFM
  • On January 18, 2013

  By Trikosko, Marion S. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Fr. Joe Nangle, OFM  shares part one of his message for this historic weekend: The coincidence of the Dr.. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and the […]

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• What is an adequate response to the love that I have received?

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On January 16, 2013

  “What is an adequate response to the love that I have received?”  New Missioner Annemarie tries to answer that question after spending the last month saying goodbyes to friends and family before leaving for her […]

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• Mission Monday: Meet Annemarie and Jeff!

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 14, 2013

  Only threes days until Annemarie and Jeff leave for their two-year mission in Bolivia.  We’re very excited about their journey and we invite you to learn more about them and why they have chosen to […]

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• Les Misérables and the Ministry of Presence

  
  

  • By Anna Robinson
  • On January 11, 2013

  Domestic Volunteer Anna didn’t expect to feel the spirit of St. Francis in a movie theater.  And yet she couldn’t help but hear a familiar Franciscan message in the context of this pop-culture film. Les […]

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• Recommended Reads – Reluctant Saint: The Life of Francis of Assisi

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 9, 2013

  For today’s book review, Domestic Volunteer Anna Robinson shares a title that inspired the first steps of her Franciscan journey. Cover art of Spoto’s Book In 2010 I was selected to go with a group […]

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• Mission Monday: “Death ends a life, not a relationship”

  
  

  • By Nora Pfeiffer
  • On January 7, 2013

  This week, missioner Nora returns to Casa San Salvador, along with seven other returning missioners, to begin the process of re-entry from her time in Bolivia.  As Nora recalls her service abroad, she reflects on […]

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