Join us for the 21st annual World Care Benefit and Celebration at 7 p.m. on March 16 at St. Francis Hall (1340 Quincy Street NE). The evening will include live music, wine, small plates, desserts and a silent auction.
FMS has the privilege of having Cardinal Donald Wuerl, Archbishop of Washington, give the invocation. Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, will the keynote, “The Mission of St. Francis is still the Road to Peace". During the night FMS will also honor the Ambassador and Dr. Melady with the seventh annual Anselm Moons, OFM, Award for their contributions to foreign policy and higher education.
Tickets: $75 each or $1,000 for a reserved tables (10 Tickets). Space is limited. All reservations held at the door. Contact FMS to reserve your tickets today!
Receipts for the tax-deductible portion of your ticket ($30) and silent auction purchases will be sent out after the event. 
Congratulate our award recipients or promote your organization with an ad in our commemorative journal:
(We apologize for the printing error in our invitations/response cards, please note the following correct ad sizes)
Full Page- $250, 8.5” tall by 5.5” wide
Half Page -$150, 4.25” tall by 5.5” wide
Quarter Page- $75, 4.25” tall by 2.75" wide
Please supply ad either as a one-color, press-ready Adobe PDF, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop or Microsoft Word file (please include all fonts and art at 300 dpi). If you cannot supply artwork, please tell us your message and we will create the ad. All ads will be printed inside the program in black and white. The deadline for purchasing space and submitting materials is March 1. 
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor, please contact FMS and send your materials to info@franciscanmissionservice.org before March 1.
$5,000 Patron Level sponsor, St. Francis
Includes a reserved table (10 tickets), special recognition at the event, full-color advertisement on the inside cover of the commemorate journal, name in the quarterly FMS newsletter. Organizations will also have their logo displayed on the FMS website and can include a piece of literature in our event gift bags.
$2,500 Patroness Level Sponsor, St. Clare
Includes four tickets, a full-page advertisement in the
commemorative journal, name announced at the event. Organizations will also have their logo displayed on the FMS website and can include a piece of literature in our event gift bags.
$1,000 Founder Level Sponsor
Includes two tickets, name announced at the event and a half page advertisement in the commemorative journal. Organizations will also have their logo displayed on the FMS website, and can include a piece of literature in our event gift bags.
$500 Tau Level Sponsor
Includes one ticket and a quarter page advertisement in the commemorative journal. Organizations will also have their logo displayed on the FMS website and will be mentioned in the quarterly FMS newsletter.  Do you have an item that you can donate to the silent auction? Are you able to volunteer at the event? Let us know!  Deacon Tom Bello, SFO
Secular Franciscan Order in the U.S. | Sr. Barbara Fried, SMIC
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception | Fr. John A. Pavlik, OFM Cap.
The Conference of Major Superiors of Men | Ms. Susan Burke, SFO
St. Margaret of Cortona Region |
Fr. James Gardiner, SA
Franciscan Friars of the Atonement
| Mr. Michael F. Rodgers
Catholic Health Association of the United States | Ms. Marie Dennis
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Christi International | Ms. Evelyn Mercantini
Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church | Ms. Mary Thuman, SFO
St. Margaret of Cortona Region | | | Fr. Jeremy Harrington, OFM
Commissary and Guardian of the Franciscan
Monastery of the Holy Land in Washington D.C.
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