By Rich Samartino, Story Contest Winner Mercy Volunteer Corps Volunteer Detroit, MI   I tell people all the time that miracles happen. Some unexplained force comes into a situation and changes it in ways that people never could have imagined, often with positive, inspiring or beautiful results. Though some people react skeptically to the possibility of miracles […]

By Meghan Krueger Bon Secours Volunteer Baltimore, MD   Serving with Bon Secours Volunteer Ministry in Baltimore: “My Quest to B-more”.  This was my mantra as I prepared to begin my year of service, and my prior assumption of how justice is attained. I moved to West Baltimore with high hopes of affecting change in […]

By Addie Crossen SSJ Mission Corps volunteer St. Mary-by-the-Sea in Cape May, NJ     When I first heard of the Summer SSJ Mission Corps Program, it sounded like a dream come true. How could it not? Spending 6 weeks in Cape May, one of the most beautiful places on earth, volunteering – one of […]

By Annemarie Barrett Current missioners in Bolivia with Franciscan Mission Service   At the end of the day, I am learning that Mother Earth is our greatest teacher. When we look close at the garden, it is all there. “Greatest teacher” of what? What is “all there”? In reconnecting with the Earth and the communities […]

By Annemarie Barrett Current missioner in Bolivia with Franciscan Mission Service   Living in the city, shopping at grocery stores, and watching a lot of TV, I never had to think much about how my food arrived at my table. I could answer that easily, “From the grocery store.” But how did it get to […]