HIV'S ARCHIVE

• 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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• 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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• 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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