baptism'S ARCHIVE

• Cutting Down Barriers and Stereotypes

  
  

  • By Valerie Ellis
  • On July 25, 2014

  Lay missioner Valerie Ellis talks about an experience she had connecting with a woman in a Bolivian prison.  When I heard that women in jail in Cochabamba earn credits by cutting hair in their peluqueria […]

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• Sacraments and Social Mission: Baptism’s Call to Mission

  
  

  • By Guest Blogger
  • On January 10, 2014

  Continuing our series Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples, Bro. Tony LoGalbo (OFM) reflects on Mission and Baptism in Franciscan Spirituality. Baptism makes us members of one another by initiating us into […]

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• Baptism and Social Mission: 6 Not-so-Easy Reflection Questions to Ask Yourself About Baptism and Social Mission:

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 8, 2014

  Inspired by Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples–United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Franciscan Mission Service presents a blog series about the connection between our faith and our actions. Sacraments and Social Mission focuses […]

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• Sacraments and Social Mission: Baptism’s Dignity in the Jails of Bolivia

  
  

  • By Jeff Sved
  • On January 6, 2014

  Today in Sacraments and Social Mission: Living the Gospel, Being Disciples: Jeff Sved writes below about his ministry to bring dignity to prisoners as fulfilling the sacrament of baptism’s call to human dignity. “Prison reform would most […]

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