returned missioners
A Sacred Yes: How FMS Shaped My Life of Mission and the Birth of Casa Rosa
Editor’s Note: As Franciscan Mission Service celebrates 35 years, lifelong missioner Erin McHugh shares how FMS has impacted how she views her lifelong mission, from serving in Guatemala as a lay missioner to returning to Guatemala to establish Casa Rosa. Franciscan Mission Service has profoundly shaped how I view my lifelong call to mission—not as…
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Letting Go and Letting the Door Close
Editor’s Note: Programs manager Emily Norton shares how her participation in the FMS Re-entry Retreat for Class 29 led to the realization that she never fully let go of her own mission experience. For 2.5 weeks in January, I had the privilege and honor to journey with our Class 29 missioners (Val, Hady, Mary, and…
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