Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion
Day 10: The Mother of My Lord
Editor’s Note: On the tenth day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” FMS Program Manager Julia Pinto (OLM Class 37) reflects on the unwavering faith the migrants whom she accompanied during her time on mission, particularly through their devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe. “And why has this happened…
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Day 9: Service to Our Neighbor
Editor’s Note: On the ninth day of our Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” lay missioner Susan Sarkissian reflects on the many ways that the Franciscan Sisters of Allegany, who she lives and serves with on mission, serve their community. “Hail, full of grace” (Luke 1:28). These words spoken by the angel Gabriel…
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Day 8: Sharing Hope
Editor’s Note: On the eighth day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation, Love in Motion,” DC Service Corps alumna and FMS Interim Grants Manager Bridget Higginbotham reflects on how she serves as a source of hope for her friends and how she has experienced hope through her community. This January, I was…
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Day 7: Leaped for Joy
Editor’s Note: On the seventh day of our Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion” Br. Sam Roberts, OFM Cap. reflects on genuine joy as a gift from the Holy Spirit. “For as soon as I heard the sound of your greeting, the child in my womb leaped for joy.” -Luke 1:44 There…
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Day 6: Filled with the Holy Spirit
Editor’s Note: On the sixth day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” Sr. Catherine Rotterman, CSSF shares how she experienced the Holy Spirit through others and reflects on how Mary encountered the Holy Spirit through Elizabeth. “When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the infant leaped in her womb, and Elizabeth,…
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Day 5: Thinking More of Others
Editor’s Note: On the fifth day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” House Manager Lindsay Doucette reflects on how she experiences belonging and community at Casa San Salvador. “Mary was motivated by the needs of her elderly cousin. She did not hold back, or remain indifferent. She thought more…
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Day 4: Bridging Differences
Editor’s Note: On the fourth day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” FMS board member Maeve Gilheney-Gallagher, (OLM Class 30) reflects on having a spirit of openness, which allows her to accompany her sisters and brothers. Several times a month, I spend my Saturday mornings delivering groceries to members…
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Day 3: Without Hesitation
Editor’s Note: On the third day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Bosch reflects on Mary’s moments in between the Annunciation and the Visitation. “Mary’s haste is thus a sign of her desire to serve, to proclaim her joy, to respond without hesitation to…
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Day 2: Compelled to Share
Editor’s Note: On the second day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” lay missioner Mary Liston Liepold, OFS reflects on the gifts that she has been blessed with and how she shares them during her time on mission. “The haste of the young woman of Nazareth is the haste…
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Day 1: Go in Haste
Editor’s Note: On the first day of our 2025 Advent blog series, “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion,” DC Service Corps alumna Emily Dold reflects on Mary’s example of going in haste and relates this to the community she has connected with through Franciscan Mission Service. Christmas is on its way. Jesus is on his…
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Advent Blog Series 2025 “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion”
Editor’s Note: To begin our 2025 Advent blog series, DC Service Corps volunteer Claire Bosch and DCSC alumna/FMS Interim Grants Manager Bridget Higginbotham introduce the theme of “Visions of Visitation: Love in Motion” by reflecting on how the Visitation relates to the mission of FMS. “When we feel loved, we experience a force that sets…
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