catholic church'S ARCHIVE

• Comfortable and Content

  
  

  • By PJ Herrera
  • On February 9, 2018

  Editor’s note: DCSC Volunteer PJ Herrera reflects on the current and future roles of the Catholic Church in people’s lives. For some time now I have reflected on the general dread that seems to hover […]

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• The Rare Calm of Early Mass

  
  

  • By Kim Puchir
  • On December 30, 2016

  Editor’s note: FMS staffer Kim Puchir reflects on the meaning she finds in attending early Mass. Daily Mass is anything but everyday. Yes, it takes you to untraveled corners of the liturgical calendar with their […]

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• Throwback Thursday: “Laity Co-Lead with Clergy” by Anselm Moons, OFM

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 23, 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 1991 in which our founder, Anselm Moons, OFM, describes […]

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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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• Daring to Dream Anew: Kim Smolik Addresses CMSM Assembly

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On August 30, 2012

  “Be more of who you are,” Franciscan Mission Service Executive Director Kim Smolik told Conference of Major Superiors of Men. The 200-plus attendees gathered in Texas earlier this month represented more than 17,000 Catholic religious […]

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