mariam kaldas'S ARCHIVE

• Looking Forward, Looking Back: Board Dinner / Mariam’s Going-Away Celebration

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On June 18, 2014

  Saturday, June 7, was a bittersweet day in the history of Franciscan Mission Service. As the Board Committee met that afternoon at the Franciscan Monastery to discuss the future course of the organization, the members […]

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• Report: Kim and Mariam Visit Missioners in Bolivia

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 7, 2014

  On December 4, Franciscan Mission Service Director Kim Smolik and Associate Director Mariam Kaldas traveled to Bolivia for twelve days to visit the current missioners and provide a retreat for them. Annemarie Barrett, Kitzi Hendricks, and […]

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• Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip Announcement!

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On January 7, 2014

  Associate Director Mariam Kaldas tells you everything you need to know about the upcoming Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip. Several weeks ago, executive director Kim Smolik and I returned from establishing a trip to […]

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• The Light of One: To Be and Not To Do

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On December 10, 2013

  Continuing our daily Advent reflection series, Associate Director Mariam Kaldas writes about discipleship as presence, not accomplishments. I hadn’t heard the phrase “ministry of presence” before I came to Franciscan Mission Service. It seemed like […]

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