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A Franciscan Experience

Editor’s Note: Due to a change in her travel plans, lay missioner Joleen Johnson has a spontaneous and very Franciscan encounter in her home state of Minnesota.  A good friend of mine got married in July, and I was honored to be able to go “home” for the wedding. It was beautiful all around. Immediately…

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“Tres Mujeres Valientes”—Three Strong Women

On Friday, May 5, Franciscan Mission Service held our annual World Care Benefit. Every year, the organization bestows the Anselm Moons, OFM, Award to remember our founder, who began the Lay Mission Formation Program in 1989 to offer lay Catholics the opportunity to serve overseas in the spirit of Saints Francis and Clare. This year’s…

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