On the feast day of St. Clare of Assisi, August 11, 2024, six young adults were commissioned as the 26th group of FrancisCorps volunteers by Friar Gary JOHNSON, OFM Conv., Vicar Provincial of the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA. The commissioning was held at the Assumption Church in Syracuse, New York, USA.
On their Facebook page, FrancisCorps 26 said, “Thank you for saying ‘yes’ to the Spirit of Assisi, ‘yes’ to service of others, and ‘yes’ to FrancisCorps. We are so excited and blessed to accompany FrancisCorps 26 during the next year! As they begin their first day at their service sites, we ask for your continued prayers.”
The FrancisCorps experience is a year of real Gospel service for young adults aged 21-25. The FrancisCorps experience is not one of prayer, service, or community at any one given time, but an experience of prayer, service, and community at all times.
The mission of FrancisCorps is Gospel service. As brothers and sisters to those in need, FrancisCorps volunteers share their gifts and talents in a year-long, faith-based community in the spirit of Saints Francis and Clare of Assisi.
Kevin A. KEENAN, Director of Communications
for the Province of Our Lady of the Angels in the USA
