Volunteer work'S ARCHIVE

• Comfort and Joy: Exactly Where I Needed to Be

  
  

  • By Maria Beben
  • On December 23, 2015

  Editor’s Note: As part of our “Comfort and Joy” Advent/Christmas blog series, Communications Associate Maria Beben shares some of her experiences from her time volunteering at a nursing home in Washington, DC.  My year as a […]

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• FMS celebrates National Volunteer Month

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 3, 2012

  April is National Volunteer Month and FMS kicks off our celebration with a message from our executive director, Kim Smolik. From a very young age, my parents gifted with me the experience of volunteering and […]

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• Deadline for tax-deductible donations: Dec. 31

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On December 29, 2011

  Original photo by Charles Thompson Don’t miss your chance to make a tax-deductible gift in 2011 and help us promote peace and social justice through Franciscan lay mission! Donations made out to “Franciscan Mission Service” […]

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• Prayers for Christmas: Volunteering and Human Rights

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On December 10, 2011

  FMS Executive Director Kim Smolik offers a reflection as today’s prayer for Christmas: To say I am blessed in the work I do would be an understatement. I think a job like mine is a […]

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• Sharing Our Faith Story

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On July 6, 2011

  “We come to share our story”: FMS community coming together in prayer and reflection following our fall formation. For the FMS community, the DC Fourth of July brought the usual parades, musical performances at the […]

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