AIDS'S ARCHIVE

• Throwback Thursday: “Rekindling the Mission”

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On June 25, 2015

  Editor’s Note: In celebration of our 25th year of preparing and supporting lay missioners, we look back to our archives at a World Care newsletter from 2009 with an article from returned missioner Katie Mulembe from […]

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• Millennial Lenten Reflections: All you need is love

  
  

  • By Guest Blogger
  • On March 6, 2015

  Editor’s Note: The following is part of Millennial Lenten Reflections, a blog series in collaboration with Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good. Short reflections on the day’s readings, written by young adults from FMS and other […]

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• Mission Monday: “How Life Prepared Me for Mission”

  
  

  • By Hady Mendez
  • On March 30, 2014

  In today’s post, current missioner Hady Mendez reflects on how the relationships she developed and enjoyed before mission prepared her for her ministry of presence as a Franciscan lay missioner. When I was living in […]

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• Franciscan Friday: Visiting an AIDS Hospice

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On May 31, 2013

  Today, travelers on our Short-Term Missions and Global Awareness Trip to South Africa visit an HIV/AIDS Hospice center.   A few months ago Domestic Volunteer Anna Robinson also went on this trip and visited patients affected […]

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• Encountering God in the Goodness of Others

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 23, 2012

  Cecilia and Tim Marcy spent the last three years serving at a hospice and clinic for people with AIDS. Today, Cecilia shares with us the story of one patient through whom she encountered God this […]

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• Franciscan Friday: Friar in South Africa Receives Awards

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On June 29, 2012

  Fr. Stan Brennan, OFM [EDITOR’ NOTE, JULY 6, 2012: We have learned that Fr. Stan passed away  today. Last Sunday he joined Tim, Cecilia and other members of St. Francis Care for prayer, and he […]

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• National Volunteer Month Profile: Tim and Cecilia in South Africa

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On April 30, 2012

  We conclude our series of profiles for National Volunteer Month with Tim and Cecilia Marcy, our most senior missioners. We hope that our posts from the last month have made you aware of the impact […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: Why Christmas?

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 24, 2011

  Original photo by Ambuj Saxena “Why Christmas? Our vision, our purpose, our goal: to know, to love, and to serve God. To know God, to know the love between the Trinity, to know the Son, […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: World AIDS Day

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 1, 2011

  Worldwide, 33.4 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 67 percent (approximately 22.4 million people) of those infected are in sub-Saharan Africa. On this World AIDS Day, and our thoughts and prayers […]

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