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• Telling Their Own Story

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On August 30, 2016

  Editor’s Note: Missioner Annemarie Barrett reflects on the experience of accompanying women in the Santa Rosa community as they tell their stories through a sequence of videos produced entirely by the women themselves. For the […]

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• Millennial Lenten Reflections: That We All Might Be One

  
  

  • By Guest Blogger
  • On April 4, 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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• 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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• The Experience of Working with People with AIDS

  
  

  • By Tim and Cecillia Marcy
  • On December 1, 2012

  In honor of World AIDS Day, missioner Cecilia Marcy shares a bit about the HIV/AIDS situation in Johannesburg, South Africa where she serves as a nurse at the St. Francis Care Center. Cecilia and her […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: Volunteering and Human Rights

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On December 10, 2011

  FMS Executive Director Kim Smolik offers a reflection as today’s prayer for Christmas: To say I am blessed in the work I do would be an understatement. I think a job like mine is a […]

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