Jesus in the Jungle
This an except from an email sent to our Director, Joseph by the team leader in Ahuano, Ecuador: Luis Checking in. We are so blessed brother. Congratulations on the new baby may God make a mighty witness of the Lord through him. Praise God for our new pope and for the many blessings coming to our Church. Last week as…
The Ultimate Christmas Gift: An Update
[pullquote1 quotes=”true” align=”center”]Instead, we are going to give this family something needed, something that will last, something that will be whole-heartedly appreciated, something that will change their lives—a roof, solid walls, and a floor because we found that the ULTIMATE GIFT IS GIVING to those who truly need the gift.[/pullquote1] The Seilhan family are prospective missionaries who, God willing will…
FMC ♥’s Kids with Diabetes
Please help us to help Dulce, a precious little girl from the farming village of La Boquilla in rural Mexico. The youngest of eight children, she is ten years old now, and is living a happy, healthy life thanks to an insulin pump donated to her by missionaries seven years ago. Sadly, she has outgrown her current pump and is…
Joy is a Prisoner
One “Glory Story” I had on one of my visits a few weeks ago was about an answered prayer. I was up late putting the final touches on my presentation when suddenly my phone started buzzing with new texts. “Sorry, Odilio, I cannot come to the jail with you tomorrow” was one and another said that they couldn’t go because…
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Teurlings Catholic High School Winter Work Day
The 35 young men of the two-time State Champion Teurlings wrestling team under the direction of Coach Kent Mason came out to do a little volunteer work at Big Woods this week. We are so blessed by the sweat and hard work they put in to make our grounds look more beautiful while also helping us with some much needed spring…
A Few Heartwarming Stories from the Field
A short story from Susanna A. A few months ago, I was teaching a poor parish high school on an island in the Philippines. Some of the ‘bad’ kids would repeatedly disrupt my classes, ignore the assignments, refuse to participate, fall asleep in class, and wait for me to write them off. But I refused to do it. Although I…
Help US bring Clean Water to Two Villages in Mexico
The villages of Luz y Colon and Fortin in the desert of Northern Mexico have over 30 families who have been in desperate need of water for more than 3 months now. These villages are faithful to prayer and Mass, showing up in large numbers every time they are visited by missionaries or priests. Family Missions Company has a unique opportunity to be an answer to…
Installing Intake 2012
300 Gifts for the Gospel – A Smashing Success!
We did it!!! THANK YOU! “300 Gifts for the Gospel” was FMC’s most successful fundraiser ever! Thanks to your generous response, in 3 days we received OVER 300 pledges, and raised over $40,000! We are so grateful and look forward to sharing GOD’s love with more people, in more places in 2013! God is doing so much! Our missionary family…
Year At A Glance: 2012
Thanksgiving Alumni Missionary Trip A Huge Success!
FMC’s first annual Alumni Mission Trip to General Cepeda was a huge success! With almost 60 missionaries participating, God did wonderful things during our time there. FMC’s Intake class of 2012 was wrapping up three weeks at the mission house when the rest of the group – mostly FMC Alumni missionaries and their families – arrived to spend Thanksgiving week serving…
An FMC Blog Featured Nationally
FMC’s Blog as really been gaining momentum. Joseph Summer’s blog on God is Calling Families into Missions was featured as one of Tito Edwards “the Best in Catholic Blogging” on the National Catholic Register’s Website this past weekend. We are so honored to have been featured by the NCR and blessed that many Catholics are beginning to take seriously the call…
Calling College Students to Missions
Help us Build Our School!
Two of our lovely missionaries serving in Sagay, on the Island of Camiguin in the Philippines, Susanna and Rebekah have begun a special campaign to connect those who have less, with those with more who might help them better their life, and their school. Holy Rosary Catholic High School, where the our missionaries have taught for many years, is in need of some…
And so begins the Year of Faith!
“Faith grows when it is lived as an experience of LOVE received and when it is communicated as an experience of grace and JOY! – Pope Benedict XVI in his “Letter on the Year of Faith” The YEAR of FAITH has begun and FMC would like to share with you an episode of the Missionary Family Podcast speaking about this special…
We Reached 2,000 Facebook LIKEs!
We did it!! Together we reached over 2,000 LIKEs in ten short days! We have picked a winner at random for the fee FREE mission trip and we are in the process of contacting them and we will be announcing who it is once we hear back from them! Once again, thank you for your excitement and energy for missions…
The “300 Club” -Rejoicing in Heaven and in Sagay
“What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray..” –…
