FMA Focus Newsletter

A quarterly spiritual and mission magazine, FMA Focus is mailed free of charge to anyone who requests information. It promotes the spiritual life of recipients while it helps inform them of the activities of the Friars and Sisters mission work in the world.

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February 2024 – Vol. 57, No. 3



In this issue:

  • Virtue: Awe
  • Learning To Accept Our Nature As God’s People
  • Spend lent with the scriptures
  • Benedict XVI’s Call To Unity, And Mary’s Part In It
  • Confession changed her life: St. Catherine of Genoa
  • The Cross And the Hand of God – St. Francis
  • Director’s Letter
  • Dreams Do Come True, Even If Not Seen
  • An Update From Rome – Pray For Our Men In Formation
  • Words Worth Noting
  • Our Readers Gladly Write…
  • Converting the World: How You Can Take Part
  • Spend Lent Honoring The Year Of Prayer 2024
  • Pray For The Caregivers – Sustain Those Who Sustain Us!
  • FMA Spiritual Exercises Lent – Easter 2024

November 2023 – Vol. 57, No. 2



In this issue:

  • Virtue Healing
  • Oh Lord, help us welcome your gift of self
  • Spend Advent with St. Francis
  • Remember Your Great Dignity as A Christian
  • Embracing Faith Formation in the Digital Age
  • A Gift for The World; One Kind Word A Day
  • Director’s Letter
  • My Journey Towards Embracing a Religious Vocation
  • Valley Of the Angels: Transforming Lives For 30 Years
  • Words Worth Noting
  • Our Readers gladly write…
  • Never give up on the Lord: Seeking St. Jude’s Intercession
  • All Saints and All Souls. Truths of Faith
  • Advent – we wait, and we wonder
  • Special Novena Schedule Advent-Christmas 2023

September 2023 – Vol. 57, No. 1



In this issue:

  • Virtue: Love
  • Love for the elderly
  • How we hunger and thirst – but not for food!
  • Age is no barrier – St. John of Capistrano
  • Go and do – Christ’s loving command
  • ST. FRANCIS – PATRON OF LIFE
  • Director’s Letter
  • Serving seniors for two decades in Olancho
  • Kindle for “kinder”
  • Words Worth Noting
  • Our Readers gladly write…
  • Have you been ignoring your angel?
  • Performing the works of mercy – each day!!
  • Alzheimer’s disease and St. Dymphna
  • Special Novena Schedule Fall 2023

June 2023 – Vol. 56, No. 4



In this issue:

  • Virtue: Understanding
  • Understanding is a Gift From God
  • Summertime – Warm Days to Focus On Prayer
  • A Special Kind of Prayer Apostolate, St. Francis
  • The Martyrs of Uganda – June 3
  • God Is Our Co-Pilot
  • Director’s Letter
  • A Rewarding Lifestyle Thanks to Agape
  • An Update From Rome – Busy Days and Nights
  • Words Worth Noting
  • Our Readers Gladly Write…
  • St. Anthony – Accepted Change When it Was God’s Will
  • Dedicate Yourself to The Heart Of Jesus
  • Pray For Seemingly Hopeless Causes – St. Jude
  • Special Novena Schedule Summer 2023

February 2023 – Vol. 56, No. 3



In this issue:

  • Virtue: Humility
  • Preparing for Lent with a spiritual renewal – healthy mind, body and soul
  • Mother Mary – The Nurturing Saint in the Kitchen
  • St. Cyril and Methodius –  Apostles to the Slavs
  • Accepting God’s Word from His priest
  • A Theologian Who Evangelized St. Anthony
  • Director’s  Letter
  • Visiting Valley of the Angels in Guatemala
  • Table Talk
  • Words Worth Noting
  • Our Readers gladly write…
  • Easter – Life after the empty tomb
  • A Gift of Self – The Greatest Gift
  • Pray for the victims of Cancer (St. Peregrine)
  • FMA Spiritual Exercises – Lent-Easter 2023