Franciscan Social Justice Fund Gives Grant for AIDS Education

I am writing this article while traveling to visit our missioners Bobby Farris and Janet Faubert in Swaziland, Southern Africa. Visiting our missioners--overseas or domestically-- is perhaps my favorite part of my work. I appreciate the opportunity to spend time with them and listen to their stories. I learn about their ministries, community living, and prayer, and I learn how God is touching them. I always come away from these visits feeling deeply honored to have a part in the missionary activity of the church.

This fall, our missioners in Swaziland will be conducting an AIDS education program for Swazi grandmothers caring for their grandchildren who have been orphaned by AIDS. This project is sponsored by a grant from the Franciscan Social Justice Fund of the Glen Riddle, PA, Franciscan Sisters. The AIDS pandemic is devastating Swaziland, and AIDS education here can make the difference between life and death.

By partnering with CMC, the Franciscan Sisters are joining in our missionary activity in Swaziland. You, too, can participate in our missionary activity--overseas or domestically--through your financial support. As you read the stories in this newsletter, I invite you to join with me in supporting this great missionary activity.

Madeline Bialecki, Director.