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• Worlds Colliding: Catholic Social Teaching & Social Work

  
  

  • By Airianna Beitler
  • On September 25, 2020

  Editor’s note: DC Service Corps volunteer, Arianna Beitler, takes a closer look at two ideologies: Catholic Social Teaching and the ideals of Social Work. Each learned from very different points in her life, from her […]

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• Learning to Volunteer

  
  

  • By Nate Marsh
  • On April 29, 2015

  Editor’s Note: * indicates names changed to ensure privacy.  When I cam to FMS in November, I had very little previous experience in volunteering. It was a requirement in high school, but my football coach […]

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• International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

  
  

  • By Kitzi Hendricks
  • On June 26, 2013

  Second-year lay missioner Kitzi Hendricks writes about her current ministry in Cochabamba, Bolivia. Every 26th of June, organizations and individuals all over the world stand together in solidarity to support victims of torture and bring […]

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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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