$30 Will Change A Childs Life
Do you remember as a child how excited you were to start school in the fall? How about gathering all the school supplies with your mom? [...]
Franciscan missionaries in Indonesia need your help!
In the coastal cities of Palu and Donggala, home to about 350,000 people, the church has been washed away and so has almost everything else. [...]
Together We Can Make A Christmas Wish Come True
Will you make an orphaned child’s Christmas wish come true? Dharma was an eight-year-old orphan living in the village of Attipattu near Chennai, India. Surviving [...]
The Impact of Your Generosity
What a blessing you are to Franciscan missionaries around the world! Thank you for the gift of friendship. I trust in your ongoing friendship as [...]
Will You Share Your Blessings
Claudette and her brother J.R. are surviving. She is 9 years old, and he is 3. Their parents were shot and killed before their eyes as [...]
What Changed Francis’ Heart?
Francis grew up detesting the sight of people with leprosy. He, like others, went out of his way to avoid them. But, one day while [...]
Masses with the Missionaries
As Christians, you and I believe in our unity with Christ, so we pray for one another. We offer the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass [...]
St. Bonaventure Church in Tanzania
St. Bonaventure Catholic Church rises above the boulders and trees. Just southeast of Lake Victoria and Mwanza, Tanzania, a beautiful, multistory structure stands surrounded [...]
The Precious Gift of Life – Water
Water is something you and I take for granted. Why wouldn’t we? Hot showers, flushing toilets and even swimming pools, for many of us, are [...]
Do You Ever Think About Walls?
You and I have been blessed with warmth and safe shelter behind walls. Walls in the Old Testament meant life itself. Walls sheltered God’s people [...]