This reflection is part of a series written by the Province’s partners-in-ministry. The previous, by Kevin McLaughlin, an alumnus and staff member of Buffalo’s Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School, was published on Nov. 5. Here, a longtime team member of the St. Francis Inn soup kitchen in Philadelphia shares what she has learned after nearly 25 years of working with the …
Franciscan Volunteer Ministers Start Year of Service
The HNP Franciscan Volunteer Ministry is beginning its 26th year with six dedicated participants and a new board president. The ministry is proud to introduce the volunteers for the 2014-15 year, who are serving the poor and marginalized in the cities of Camden, N.J., and Philadelphia. With two returning FVMs, this year has started off with a bang, and all …
Friars Celebrate Silver Anniversary of Franciscan Volunteer Ministry
NEW YORK — At what was called a “rehearsal of the heavenly banquet,” more than 100 people gathered last week to celebrate 25 years of service and friendship generated by the Province’s Franciscan Volunteer Ministry. They enjoyed Mass, a reception, and time to share memories and news with FVMs past and present. Provincial Vicar Lawrence Hayes, OFM, FVM’s new president, …
Franciscan Volunteer Ministry Plans 25th Anniversary Celebration
NEW YORK — The Province’s volunteer ministry is commemorating a quarter-century of young adult service to the marginalized with a reunion of the extended Franciscan Volunteer Ministry family. The Philadelphia-based Franciscan Volunteer Ministry welcomes friars to join the July 26 celebration, scheduled for 3 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church on West 31st Street in New York City. The …
Franciscan Volunteer Ministry Receives National Justice Award
PHILADELPHIA — For an outstanding spirit of service and evangelization, and for bearing the values of St. Katharine Drexel, the Province’s Franciscan Volunteer Ministry was recently presented with the Saint Katharine Drexel National Justice Award. The award was given to FVM by the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament on March 2, the day before the feast of their foundress, during …