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• Learning to Be in Bolivia

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On July 4, 2014

  Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip participant Jennifer Peresie reflects on her experience of going with Franciscan Mission Service to Bolivia in May 2014.  When I signed up for this trip, I think I had […]

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• Discipleship in Bolivia

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On June 26, 2014

  In today’s post, Stephen F. Scott, Associate Director of United States Catholic Mission Association, reflects on the spiritual gifts he received last month during our Short Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip to Bolivia with […]

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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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• Franciscan Friday: Combating Hunger in D.C.

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On September 6, 2013

  In honor of September’s Hunger Action Month, we’re sharing experiences of combating hunger. In Washington, D.C. one in eight households struggles with hunger. D.C.’s poverty rate is the third highest in the nation, and on […]

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• Franciscan Friday: Prayers from South Africa

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On May 24, 2013

  South Africa is on our hearts and in our minds as we lead seven college students on a Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip this week. By engaging with locals, the students will learn about […]

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• Dig Deeper with the “I Am From” Poem

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On May 22, 2013

  Today is departure day for students from three different U.S. universities who are participating in our second Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip to South Africa. As part of their orientation and early reflection these […]

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• Group Connects with Youth on Test Trip to South Africa

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 16, 2013

  Video created by Domestic Volunteer Anna about her experience in South Africa as part of a Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip. While winter weather raged back home in the states, a group from FMS […]

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• Mission Monday: Reflections from a Spring Breaker

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 8, 2013

  This March marked the first group of students to spend their spring break at our headquarters in Washington, D.C. to participate in our Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness program.  Nine students from the University of […]

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• Mission Monday: Teaching Solidarity

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On February 25, 2013

  Each Monday during our Lenten “Walking in Solidarity” series we look at how Franciscan Mission Service is striving to live out the theme for the week.  This week’s theme is solidarity through education and formation. […]

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• Preparing for South Africa – Watching “Amandla!”

  
  

  • By Anna Robinson
  • On February 6, 2013

  We’re currently testing a Short-Term Mission and Global Awareness Trip to South Africa, and Domestic Volunteer Anna is participating.  However, before she left, she had some studying to do: I am very lucky to be […]

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