Author name: Jessica Franks

Dr. James and Mrs. Roberta Guzek’s medical mission service spans decades, leaving an indelible mark on communities around the world. Dr. Guzek is an ophthalmologist, a cataract surgeon, and a corneal specialist and Roberta is a nurse.  Recognizing their unwavering commitment to healing and compassionate service, the Mission Doctors Association will present them with the […]

This year’s theme for World AIDS Day is “World AIDS Day 35: Remember and Commit.”    This day, December 1 is set aside since 1988 to unite us in the fight against HIV, support those living with HIV, and remember those who have died from an HIV-related illness.    In the midst of the covid pandemic, it

Since 2011, people around the world have recognized November 17 as World Prematurity Day. This day was created to raise awareness of the serious health crisis that affects 1 in 10 babies throughout the world. Premature birth not only increases the risk of life-threatening complications for infants, but can also result in lifelong health issues

Today is All Saints Day. A special day that recognizes and celebrates all holy individuals we know and those who remain unknown. As I child I always felt like the saints, those holy individuals, were like unseen members of my team. People I could count on in good times, but even more importantly, when God’s plan was something

“Let us set out to make other hearts burn with the word of God, to open the eyes of others to Jesus in the Eucharist, and to invite everyone to walk together on the path of peace and salvation.” -Pope Francis This Sunday is World Mission Sunday.    All of us, Catholics throughout the world,

The maternal mortality rate in the United States was 32.9 deaths per 100,000 live births in 2021. While this is higher than most other high-income counties in Malawi that number is 381 per 100,000.    Likuni Mission Hospital in Malawi does over 3000 deliveries per year.  The need for emergency obstetrical care is immense.  

“In spite of my littleness, I would like to enlighten souls as did the Prophets and the Doctors. I have the vocation of the Apostles. I would like to travel over the whole earth to preach your Name and to plant your glorious cross around the world. But…one mission alone would not be sufficient for me,

It is that time of year again-Missionary Cooperative Plan (Mission Co-Op) time! And, we are excited to visit a parish near you and share our Mission of Hope and Healing. Most of us know that during the summer we may have a priest from Africa, or a religious Sister from Latin America join us for

READINGS: ACTS OF THE APOSTLES 2: 1-11; I COR. 12: 3b-7, 12-13; JOHN 20:19-23. Pentecost is often celebrated as the ‘birthday of the Church’ which is true but only a partial recognition of what this day is about. We hear in today’s reading from the Acts of the Apostles about the Pentecost event when early

“A society without mothers would be a dehumanized society, for mothers are always, even in the worst moments, witnesses of tenderness, dedication and moral strength….Dearest mothers, thank you, thank you for what you are in your family and for what you give to the Church and the world.” -Pope Francis This Sunday, the second Sunday