From Scared to Sent: Transformed by the Holy Spirit
By Rebekah L. As the Church recently celebrated Pentecost, I’ve been thinking about my relationship God. Specifically with the third person of the Trinity—the Holy Spirit. Like many Catholics, I haven’t always understood the Holy Spirit. For most of my growing-up years, the Holy Spirit was a vague combination of white dove-tongues of fire-shimmery ghost. I must have learned something…
Raising Your Children “Wrong” So That They Turn Out Right: A Missionary Perspective
By Sarah Granger I cried folding clothes last week. Not because it is one of my least favorite chores (though it is!), but because I was folding my daughter Alyse’s uniform shirts, and thinking that I won’t be doing that much longer. Alyse is graduating from High School tonight. She’s going off to study Philosophy and Literature at a…
One of the Many Faces of the New Evangelization
By Deacon Bill Vrazel There are many paths in life, with twists and turns that constantly challenge us, and my wife Louise and I have certainly had our share of them. When life’s trials come to us, we make an effort, especially in recent years, to pray and try our best to see how—or if—God is present in them. We…
Celebrating 50 Years of Love
Family life is so important in FMC! We welcome singles and families of all sizes to serve in the mission field, believing that the witness of holy family life is one of the most important ways to be a missionary. This belief comes in part from the witness and experience of our founders, Frank and Genie, who travelled the globe…
Clean Water Has Arrived!
Thanks the generosity of many wonderful people Family Missions Company was able to raise the funds needed to build a deeper water well for the lovely people of the rancho communities of Luz y Colon and Fortin. We would like to especially thank the teens and entire parish community of St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church and their youth minister, Ashley Barnett who spearheaded a…
Our Family’s Book of Acts: An Honest Review
Graham Smith recommends “Our Family’s Book of Acts”(Graham is a columnist with the Acadiana Catholic) I’m reading a remarkable story, “Our Family’s Book of Acts”. It’s the second installment by Genie Summers in the chronicle of her family’s life as Catholic Lay Missionaries, a journey that began for her and her husband Frank back in the early 1970’s. Those who…
Are Lay Missionaries Professional Catholics?
By Susanna De A. Simcha Fisher recently wrote an article for the National Catholic Register titled ‘The Professional Catholic’, referring to the accusation that she and other Catholic writer, speakers, etc. are using their faith to make money, or that their motives for spreading the faith are somewhat mixed by the fact that they are getting paid to do so. Lay…
Letter from a LifeTeen Missionary
Dearest Friends From Family Missions Company Peace! Blessings from God our Father who in His great power raised our Lord Jesus Christ from the grave as a sign of redemption. Praise and Glory be to Him! Ya’ll have changed my life. In God’s perfect timing he used my desires to lure my love to your family for 3 days, Inspire…
