women'S ARCHIVE

• Las Manos Femininas | The Feminine Hands

  
  

  • By SarahJane Cauzillo
  • On February 1, 2019

  Editor’s Note: Missioner SarahJane Cauzillo reflects on the beauty and strength of the women she has encountered in Cochabamba, Bolivia. An ode to the working women at Hogar Nuestra Casa, who have introduced me to […]

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• Women’s Wisdom

  
  

  • By Chase Medelberg
  • On October 13, 2017

  Editor’s note: Former DC Service Corps volunteer Chase Medelberg reflects on the women got to know during his last year living in intentional community at Casa San Salvador. My year at FMS was full of […]

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• God Has A Plan For Me

  
  

  • By Hady Mendez
  • On August 3, 2015

  Missioner Hady Mendez reflects on a recent decision and upcoming transition.  It’s true I decided to go back home to the U.S. this December at the end of my two-year contract with Franciscan Mission Service. It’s […]

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• Handing Over the Microphone

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On June 24, 2015

  “Les invitamos a escuchar a nuestras hermanas. Abrimos este espacio para que ellas puedan compartir sus experiencias. Ahora este espacio es para ellas.”  “We invite you all to listen to our sisters. We open this […]

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• Prison Ministry – It’s No Joke

  
  

  • By Hady Mendez
  • On October 27, 2014

  My family and friends laugh at me when I say,“ Talk to you later. I gotta go to jail,” “It sounds funny,” they tell me. But for me it’s the most natural thing in the […]

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• Mission Monday: Sharing Stories in Sacred Spaces

  
  

  • By Annemarie Barrett
  • On September 16, 2013

  A watercolor by Annemarie that was inspired by the women of Santa Rosa First-year missioner Annemarie Barrett reflects on the conversations she has had with the women she has come to know in Cochabamba, Bolivia.  […]

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• 2013 Anselm Moons, OFM Award Recipient – Sr. Pat Farrell, OSF

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On April 12, 2013

  Photo by Jerry Martineau Friday, April 5, we held our World Care Annual Benefit & Celebration where Sr. Pat Farrell, OSF, received the Anselm Moons, OFM Award as part of the evening’s program.We had an […]

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• Christmas without Consumerism: The Wise Women of Christmas

  
  

  • By Franciscan Mission Service
  • On November 23, 2012

  For the second post of this series, Fr. David B. Couturier, OFM Cap. reminds us that those gifts we’re exchanging on Christmas do not in fact come magically on a red sleigh, hand-crafted by elves.  […]

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• International Women’s Day 2012: Empower Rural Women – End Hunger and Poverty

  
  

  • By Emily Ward
  • On March 8, 2012

  FMS missioner Emily Ward (Bolivia, 2006-2009) with women in the Tantakun bakery of Mineros San Juan in Ushpa-Uspha, Bolivia. Happy International Women’s Day! Today, organizations and individuals across the world recognize that securing peace, social […]

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