Franciscan Missions News
Feeding the Poor in Peru
The community of Huaycán, northeast of Lima, was formed by the arrival of migrants and refugees from the highlands of Peru. During the many decades of military coups and civilian government upheavals, the population of [...]
Literacy Program for Poor Children in Rural Argentina
The Franciscan Missionary Center "Santa Teresita" in the town of Aguaray, in northern Argentina requested a financial grant in late 2020. The grant request outlined an innovative educational literacy program titled: “The Mateo Proposal” designed [...]
Health and Nutrition Program in Argentina
Since 2015 the Pata Pila Franciscan Civil Association has operated a mobile nutrition program and health care workshops for the needy communities of Santa Victoria and Fortin Dragones, Saltal in Argentina. The program’s main focus [...]
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 by large boulders and marula trees. The new St. Bonaventure [...]
The Journey to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday
When was the last time that your church was filled to capacity with young people who were present voluntarily to sing, pray, and to celebrate their Faith? I was privileged to attend the annual twilight Palm Sunday Youth [...]
Our Protector and Guide
My earliest memory of St Joseph goes all the way back to the 1950s in my Detroit family home when I would silently watch my father on his knees praying a rosary in front of a picture [...]
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