language'S ARCHIVE

• Bigger than the Internet

  
  

  • By Tim Shelgren
  • On June 6, 2019

  Editor’s Note: Tim Shelgren, Missioner in Jamaica, describes the relationships he has built on mission and how he has learned to communicate love to others without using words or technology. Lately, I have been listening […]

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• Beyond Language

  
  

  • By Sabrina Portner
  • On April 23, 2019

  Editor’s Note: Missioner Sabrina Portner reflects on language barriers and ways she can better connect with her surroundings as she begins her ministry in Cochabamba, Bolivia San Martin, the home for boys that has become […]

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• We Are Each Other’s Angels and We Meet When It Is Time

  
  

  • By Erin McHugh
  • On August 25, 2017

  Editor’s note: Missioner Erin McHugh shares her gratitude for her host community, the Valley of the Angels School in Guatemala. I have found myself reflecting on my year and half as an FMS missioner with […]

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• Embrace language on International Mother Language Day

  
  

  • By Mary and Nate Mortenson
  • On February 21, 2015

  Editor’s Note: The following post is written by Nate Mortenson. Viviana (mentioned in the post) is fourth on the right in the featured image. I want to share a story from a former teacher of […]

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• Missioners begin language school

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 13, 2015

  As we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord this past Sunday, signifying Christ beginning his ministry, several of our 30th class of missioners have left for their respective countries this weekend to begin their own […]

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• OFM Congress: Enzo Bianchi on the Importance of Listening

  
  

  • By Bridget Higginbotham
  • On June 16, 2014

  Communications Manager Bridget Higginbotham blogs about her experience last month at the Order of Friars Minor first international congress on mission and evangelization.  “If believing in God means to speak about God to others then […]

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• Visiting Christ the Prisoner: “Chess”

  
  

  • By Jeff Sved
  • On March 9, 2014

  Editor’s Note: This is Part II in a series called “Visiting Christ the Prisoner: A Look into Prison Ministry in Bolivia”.  Read Part I  and Part III. In this post, Jeff shares with us a story of his time […]

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• Visiting Christ the Prisoner: “Plantas”

  
  

  • By Jeff Sved
  • On February 24, 2014

  Editor’s Note: This is Part I a series called “Visiting Christ the Prisoner: A Look into Prison Ministry in Bolivia”. Read Part II and Part III.  Jeff shares a story of his time in El Penal de San Sebastián. Home […]

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• “To be understood, as to understand” – Teacher learns a lesson in Guatemala

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On March 23, 2012

  Today’s mission story about David LaDuca teaching in Guatemala (2004-2007) illustrates two important characteristics of FMS. The first is that we ask the community what they need — we do not try to force help […]

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• Mission Monday: Nature’s Lesson in Persistence

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On February 13, 2012

  New missioner Michael Redell is in the middle of language school in Cochabamba, Bolivia. He shares today the lesson nature taught him about facing challenges, such as learning Spanish.I remember last week being quite frustrated […]

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