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height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min-200x98.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min-400x196.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min-600x293.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min-800x391.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Strengthening-Fundacion-Franciscana-blog-post-hero-min-1200x587.jpg 1200w, 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Franciscana blog post hero-min\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/strengthening-fundacion-franciscana-sites-in-argentina\/\" aria-label=\"Strengthening Fundaci\u00f3n Franciscana Sites in Argentina\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/strengthening-fundacion-franciscana-sites-in-argentina\/\">Strengthening Fundaci\u00f3n Franciscana Sites in Argentina<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Physical and Emotional Hardship of Economic Instability  In Argentina, our Franciscan missionaries are serving both urban and rural communities struggling with poverty, education access, and healthcare needs. The South American country is [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-8093\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8093 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school-200x98.png 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school-400x196.png 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school-600x293.png 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school-800x391.png 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school.png 1170w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/feeding-program-to-boost-school-attendance\/\">Friars Launch Feeding Program to Boost School Attendance<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/blog-post-hero-feeding-program-school.png\" data-id=\"8093\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"blog post hero feeding program school\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/feeding-program-to-boost-school-attendance\/\" aria-label=\"Friars Launch Feeding Program to Boost School Attendance\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/feeding-program-to-boost-school-attendance\/\">Friars Launch Feeding Program to Boost School Attendance<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Life in a Remote Village in the Philippines The small coastal town of Dinapigue, located in the Isabela province of the Philippines, is home to some of the poorest people in the country. Dinapigue [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-8060\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8060 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-education\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2340\" height=\"1144\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-18x9.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-200x98.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-300x147.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-400x196.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-600x293.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-768x375.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-800x391.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-1024x501.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-1200x587.webp 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero-1536x751.webp 1536w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero.webp 2340w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/project-to-acquire-50-double-sided-school-desks-for-the-sao-francisco-de-assis-community-school-in-mocumbi\/\">Project to Acquire 50 Double-Sided School Desks for the S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Community School in Mocumbi<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/GSFM-86-25-Project-hero.webp\" data-id=\"8060\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"GSFM-86-25 Project hero\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/project-to-acquire-50-double-sided-school-desks-for-the-sao-francisco-de-assis-community-school-in-mocumbi\/\" aria-label=\"Project to Acquire 50 Double-Sided School Desks for the S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Community School in Mocumbi\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/project-to-acquire-50-double-sided-school-desks-for-the-sao-francisco-de-assis-community-school-in-mocumbi\/\">Project to Acquire 50 Double-Sided School Desks for the S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Community School in Mocumbi<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A Seat At the Table for All: Desks for the S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Community School A Century of Educational Partnership During the summer of 2025, the S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Community School, located [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-8047\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8047 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts category-children-and-women category-education category-human-dignity\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero-200x98.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero-400x196.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero-600x293.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero-800x391.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/the-impact-of-a-library-providing-students-at-sao-francisco-de-assis-secondary-school-with-the-right-tools\/\">The Impact of a Library: Providing Students at S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Secondary School With the Right Tools<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero.jpg\" data-id=\"8047\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Mozambique-School-Supplies-hero\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/the-impact-of-a-library-providing-students-at-sao-francisco-de-assis-secondary-school-with-the-right-tools\/\" aria-label=\"The Impact of a Library: Providing Students at S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Secondary School With the Right Tools\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/the-impact-of-a-library-providing-students-at-sao-francisco-de-assis-secondary-school-with-the-right-tools\/\">The Impact of a Library: Providing Students at S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Secondary School With the Right Tools<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Struggle for an Education In June of 2025, Franciscan Missions launched an initiative to stock the library of S\u00e3o Francisco de Assis Secondary School in Mocumbi, Mozambique with books and teaching materials. The [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-8013\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-8013 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-education\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"572\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-18x9.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-200x98.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-300x147.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-400x196.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-600x293.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-768x375.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-800x391.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero-1024x501.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero.webp 1170w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/lampanusan-elementary-school\/\">Lampanusan Elementary School<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero.webp\" data-id=\"8013\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Lampanusan-Elementary-School-hero\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/lampanusan-elementary-school\/\" aria-label=\"Lampanusan Elementary School\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/lampanusan-elementary-school\/\">Lampanusan Elementary School<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Bringing Hope through Education: A Franciscan Outreach Mission at Lampanusan Elementary School  Inspiring a Generation of Students In May of 2025, a dedicated team of Franciscan missionaries and volunteers traveled to the Lampanusan [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7997\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7997 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1169\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero-400x234.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero-800x469.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero.jpg 1169w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/fray-andresito-soup-kitchen\/\">Fray Andresito Soup Kitchen<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero.jpg\" data-id=\"7997\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Fray-Andresito-Soup-Kitchen-hero\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/fray-andresito-soup-kitchen\/\" aria-label=\"Fray Andresito Soup Kitchen\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/fray-andresito-soup-kitchen\/\">Fray Andresito Soup Kitchen<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Serving the Vulnerable at the Fray Andresito Soup Kitchen  Physical and Spiritual Hunger Around the world, countless are starving and don\u2019t know where their next meal will come from. But there is also [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7981\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7981 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-disaster-relief category-food-and-water category-human-dignity\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8-200x98.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8-400x196.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8-600x293.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8-800x391.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8.jpg 1008w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congo-food-assistance-for-the-lushagala-refugee-camp\/\">Congo: Food assistance for the Lushagala refugee camp<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Congo-Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8.jpg\" data-id=\"7981\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Congo--Food-assistance-for-the-Lushagala-refugee-camp-8\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congo-food-assistance-for-the-lushagala-refugee-camp\/\" aria-label=\"Congo: Food assistance for the Lushagala refugee camp\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congo-food-assistance-for-the-lushagala-refugee-camp\/\">Congo: Food assistance for the Lushagala refugee camp<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Bringing Food and Hope to\u00a0the Lushagala Refugee Camp     In December of 2024, our Franciscan brothers traveled to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to visit refugees living in the Lushagala [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7901\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7901 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-disaster-relief category-education\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School-400x234.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School-600x351.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School-800x468.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/classroom-extension-helps-children-thrive-at-the-margil-school-in-aguascalientes-mexico\/\">Classroom Extension Helps Children Thrive at the Margil School in Aguascalientes, Mexico<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School.jpg\" data-id=\"7901\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Classroom-Extension-Helps-Children-Thrive-at-the-Margil-School\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/classroom-extension-helps-children-thrive-at-the-margil-school-in-aguascalientes-mexico\/\" aria-label=\"Classroom Extension Helps Children Thrive at the Margil School in Aguascalientes, Mexico\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/classroom-extension-helps-children-thrive-at-the-margil-school-in-aguascalientes-mexico\/\">Classroom Extension Helps Children Thrive at the Margil School in Aguascalientes, Mexico<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Margil School in Aguacalientes, Mexico, is a Catholic Franciscan institute providing a comprehensive humanist education for children from preschool through high school. The 80-year-old school is staffed by Franciscan friars who teach the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7876\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7876 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education category-pastoral-work category-seminary-and-vocations country-turkey\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001-200x90.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001-400x180.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001-800x360.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/timor-leste-new-novitiate-building\/\">Building Faith: Timor-Leste&#8217;s New Novitiate Building Expands Religious Formation for Young Friars<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/NARRATIVE-REPORT-OF-THE-NOVITIATE-CONSTRUCTION-IN-THE-FOUNDATION-OF-TIMOR-LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001.jpg\" data-id=\"7876\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"NARRATIVE REPORT OF THE NOVITIATE CONSTRUCTION IN THE FOUNDATION OF TIMOR LESTE_Page_1_Image_0001\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/timor-leste-new-novitiate-building\/\" aria-label=\"Building Faith: Timor-Leste&#8217;s New Novitiate Building Expands Religious Formation for Young Friars\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/timor-leste-new-novitiate-building\/\">Building Faith: Timor-Leste&#8217;s New Novitiate Building Expands Religious Formation for Young Friars<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> For more than 30 years, the friars of the Foundation of St. Antonio de Lisboa, Timor-Leste, carried out their pastoral work with the support of the Indonesian Province of St. Michael the Archangel. However, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7892\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7892 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts category-education category-food-and-water category-poverty-relief country-democratic-republic-of-congo\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/hunger-relief-lushagala-camp-in-goma-drc\/\">Hunger Relief in for Refugees at the Lushagala Camp in Goma, DRC<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GSFM-32-25-02-scaled.jpeg\" data-id=\"7892\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"GSFM-32-25-02\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/hunger-relief-lushagala-camp-in-goma-drc\/\" aria-label=\"Hunger Relief in for Refugees at the Lushagala Camp in Goma, DRC\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/hunger-relief-lushagala-camp-in-goma-drc\/\">Hunger Relief in for Refugees at the Lushagala Camp in Goma, DRC<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Over the past two decades, the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has caused millions of refugees to flee to the eastern provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri. In the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7798\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7798 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-poverty-relief country-kenya\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"979\" height=\"573\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Friars Innocent and Festus pose for a photo with some of our youths after a youth session.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-200x117.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-300x176.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-400x234.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-600x351.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-768x450.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session-800x468.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session.webp 979w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/sports-field-in-kenya-gsfm6324\/\">Playgrounds and Possibility: A New Sports Field for Youth in Kenya<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session.webp\" data-id=\"7798\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Friars-Innocent-and-Festus-pose-for-a-photo-with-some-of-our-youths-after-a-youth-session\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/sports-field-in-kenya-gsfm6324\/\" aria-label=\"Playgrounds and Possibility: A New Sports Field for Youth in Kenya\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/sports-field-in-kenya-gsfm6324\/\">Playgrounds and Possibility: A New Sports Field for Youth in Kenya<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The new Franciscan mission in Matanomane, a rural stretch of Kilifi County in Kenya\u2019s coastal region, sits quietly at the edges of society\u2019s radar. Here, in a semi-arid landscape, young people grow up with [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7815\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7815 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-disaster-relief category-human-dignity country-turkey\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-200x125.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-300x187.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-400x249.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-600x374.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-768x479.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-800x499.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served-1024x639.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served.webp 1100w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/serving-istanbul-gsfm4424\/\">Faith at Work: Serving the Unseen in Istanbul\u2019s Streets and Prisons<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served.webp\" data-id=\"7815\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Father-Apollinaire-Bahinde,-OFM-blesses-the-food-about-to-be-served\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/serving-istanbul-gsfm4424\/\" aria-label=\"Faith at Work: Serving the Unseen in Istanbul\u2019s Streets and Prisons\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/serving-istanbul-gsfm4424\/\">Faith at Work: Serving the Unseen in Istanbul\u2019s Streets and Prisons<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Inside an Istanbul Parish Where Refugees and Mothers Find Support In the bustling heart of Istanbul, just beyond the tourist avenues and traffic noise, a quiet ministry unfolds. At Santa Maria Franciscan Parish, the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7740\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7740 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-and-water category-poverty-relief country-india\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1170\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Praying in front of equipment\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1-400x250.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1-800x499.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/water-for-life-a-franciscan-borewell-project-in-india\/\">Water for Life: A Franciscan Borewell Project in India<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/water-for-life-India-1.jpg\" data-id=\"7740\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"water-for-life-India-1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/water-for-life-a-franciscan-borewell-project-in-india\/\" aria-label=\"Water for Life: A Franciscan Borewell Project in India\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/water-for-life-a-franciscan-borewell-project-in-india\/\">Water for Life: A Franciscan Borewell Project in India<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Nurturing a Community, One Drop at a Time For over two decades, St. Anthony\u2019s Church in Gospadu, India, has served as a center of hope and hospitality. As a Franciscan mission parish, it extends [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7696\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7696 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-human-dignity category-poverty-relief country-argentina\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1-200x125.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1-400x249.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1-600x374.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1-800x499.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/buen-samaritano-argentina\/\">Hope for the Homeless in Argentina: A Franciscan Mission in Buenos Aires<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/B-Samaritano-1.jpg\" data-id=\"7696\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Serving the misfortunate of Buenos Aires\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/buen-samaritano-argentina\/\" aria-label=\"Hope for the Homeless in Argentina: A Franciscan Mission in Buenos Aires\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/buen-samaritano-argentina\/\">Hope for the Homeless in Argentina: A Franciscan Mission in Buenos Aires<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A Franciscan Response to a Growing Crisis Just off the bustling streets of Buenos Aires, tucked near the Convent of San Francisco de As\u00eds, you\u2019ll find something unexpected: hope. Since 2014, the friars of [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7670\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7670 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-and-water category-poverty-relief country-rwanda\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1441\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-1200x676.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/farming-project-rwanda\/\">Feeding the Future: A Franciscan Farming Project in Rwanda<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rwanda-farm-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"7670\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Rwanda-farm\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/farming-project-rwanda\/\" aria-label=\"Feeding the Future: A Franciscan Farming Project in Rwanda\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/farming-project-rwanda\/\">Feeding the Future: A Franciscan Farming Project in Rwanda<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A Growing Parish with Growing Needs As a young parish only two and a half years old, Karama Parish in Rwanda is in the early stages of building a sustainable community. Led by Fr. [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7563\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7563 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-poverty-relief country-congo\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congos-forgotten-widows-find-hope-in-franciscan-care\/\">Congo\u2019s Forgotten Widows Find Hope in Franciscan Care<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/img_20240926_100040_122@1583685549.jpg\" data-id=\"7563\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"0-4608x2602-0-0#\" data-caption=\"0-4608x2602-0-0#\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congos-forgotten-widows-find-hope-in-franciscan-care\/\" aria-label=\"Congo\u2019s Forgotten Widows Find Hope in Franciscan Care\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/congos-forgotten-widows-find-hope-in-franciscan-care\/\">Congo\u2019s Forgotten Widows Find Hope in Franciscan Care<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In the Democratic Republic of Congo, and particularly in Nyantende, widows are among the most vulnerable members of society. Without formal social safety nets, they often rely on charity to survive. Many are physically [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7546\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7546 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-education category-food-and-water country-benin\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"821\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well.jpg 821w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/wells-of-hope-solar-water-project-for-orphaned-children-in-benin\/\">Wells of Hope: Solar Water Project for Orphaned Children in Benin<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/posing-in-front-of-new-well.jpg\" data-id=\"7546\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"posing-in-front-of-new-well\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/wells-of-hope-solar-water-project-for-orphaned-children-in-benin\/\" aria-label=\"Wells of Hope: Solar Water Project for Orphaned Children in Benin\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/wells-of-hope-solar-water-project-for-orphaned-children-in-benin\/\">Wells of Hope: Solar Water Project for Orphaned Children in Benin<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> There are places in this world where joy shows up in the simplest things\u2014like a cup of clean water handed to a child on a hot school day. In Natitingou, a city in northern [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7492\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7492 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-education country-argentina\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-200x150.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-600x450.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-768x576.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-800x600.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-1024x768.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-1200x900.webp 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108-1536x1152.webp 1536w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108.webp 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/argentinas-mateo-project-rewriting-the-future-for-children-through-literacy-and-love\/\">Argentina\u2019s Mateo Project: Rewriting the Future for Children Through Literacy and Love<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20240605_114108.webp\" data-id=\"7492\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"20240605_114108\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/argentinas-mateo-project-rewriting-the-future-for-children-through-literacy-and-love\/\" aria-label=\"Argentina\u2019s Mateo Project: Rewriting the Future for Children Through Literacy and Love\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/argentinas-mateo-project-rewriting-the-future-for-children-through-literacy-and-love\/\">Argentina\u2019s Mateo Project: Rewriting the Future for Children Through Literacy and Love<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> There are few things more hopeful than watching a child discover they can read. In the northern region of Argentina, thousands of children face a quiet kind of heartbreak: finishing second grade unable to [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7374\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7374 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-education country-congo\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"994\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-18x12.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-200x133.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-400x265.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-600x398.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-800x530.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-1024x679.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb-1200x795.webp 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/building-hope-expanding-the-saint-benedict-african-school-complex-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo\/\">Building Hope: Expanding the Saint Benedict African School Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_20240401_0001-thumb.webp\" data-id=\"7374\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_20240401_0001-thumb\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/building-hope-expanding-the-saint-benedict-african-school-complex-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo\/\" aria-label=\"Building Hope: Expanding the Saint Benedict African School Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/building-hope-expanding-the-saint-benedict-african-school-complex-in-the-democratic-republic-of-congo\/\">Building Hope: Expanding the Saint Benedict African School Complex in the Democratic Republic of Congo<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> A Place to Learn, A Future to Hope For  In a quiet community outside Lubumbashi, Congo, the dream of education often feels impossibly far away. City schools\u2014too expensive, too distant\u2014are simply not an [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-7353\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-7353 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-human-dignity category-pastoral-work country-brazil\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-18x10.webp 18w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-200x113.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-400x225.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-600x338.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-768x432.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-800x450.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29-1200x675.webp 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29.webp 1500w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/keeping-the-faith-in-the-amazon-the-sao-francisco-mission-and-the-indigenous-munduruku-people\/\">Keeping the Faith in the Amazon: The S\u00e3o Francisco Mission and the Indigenous Munduruku People<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/GSFM-33-23-29.webp\" data-id=\"7353\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"GSFM-33-23-29\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/keeping-the-faith-in-the-amazon-the-sao-francisco-mission-and-the-indigenous-munduruku-people\/\" aria-label=\"Keeping the Faith in the Amazon: The S\u00e3o Francisco Mission and the Indigenous Munduruku People\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/keeping-the-faith-in-the-amazon-the-sao-francisco-mission-and-the-indigenous-munduruku-people\/\">Keeping the Faith in the Amazon: The S\u00e3o Francisco Mission and the Indigenous Munduruku People<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Franciscan Mission Serving the Munduruku  For over a century, Franciscan friars have walked alongside the Munduruku people in the Brazilian Amazon, serving as spiritual guides, educators, and advocates. Located in the extremely [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6948\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6948 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-disaster-relief country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"859\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1-200x124.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1-400x248.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1-600x372.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1-800x496.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1.jpg 859w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/emergency-flood-reliefi-in-the-philippines\/\">From Crisis to Care: Flood Relief in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/header-1.jpg\" data-id=\"6948\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"header-1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/emergency-flood-reliefi-in-the-philippines\/\" aria-label=\"From Crisis to Care: Flood Relief in the Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/emergency-flood-reliefi-in-the-philippines\/\">From Crisis to Care: Flood Relief in the Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> When relentless rains began on July 13, 2024, no one could have imagined the devastation to come. Within hours, the once-vibrant communities of Pagalungan, Dungguan, and Datu Montawal were underwater. Families fled to safety, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6960\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6960 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-poverty-relief country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"586\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1-200x117.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1-400x234.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1-800x469.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/supplies-to-panay-island\/\">Small Acts, Big Impacts: Serving the Ati Families in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/panay-img-header-1.jpg\" data-id=\"6960\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"panay-img-header-1\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/supplies-to-panay-island\/\" aria-label=\"Small Acts, Big Impacts: Serving the Ati Families in the Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/supplies-to-panay-island\/\">Small Acts, Big Impacts: Serving the Ati Families in the Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Small Acts, Big Impacts: Serving the Ati Families in the Philippines The Ati of Panay Island have endured generations of hardship, living in extreme poverty and facing systemic oppression. Many parents struggle to find [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6743\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6743 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1147\" height=\"738\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205-200x129.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205-400x257.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205-600x386.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205-800x515.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205.jpg 1147w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-education-and-faith-in-vietnam\/\">Empowering Education and Faith in Vietnam<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GSFM-76-23_Photo5-e1729024267205.jpg\" data-id=\"6743\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"GSFM-76-23_Photo5\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-education-and-faith-in-vietnam\/\" aria-label=\"Empowering Education and Faith in Vietnam\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-education-and-faith-in-vietnam\/\">Empowering Education and Faith in Vietnam<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> The Franciscan Friars of the Province Saint Francis of Vietnam are celebrating a milestone in their mission to support the education and spiritual growth of poor ethnic students in Laos. Thanks to our incredible [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6736\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6736 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-seminary-and-vocations country-india\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1152\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-200x90.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-400x180.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-600x270.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-800x360.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-1200x540.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-future-franciscan-leaders-in-india-a-journey-of-formation-and-faith\/\">Empowering Future Franciscan Leaders in India: A Journey of Formation and Faith<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20220531_132506-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"6736\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"20220531_132506\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-future-franciscan-leaders-in-india-a-journey-of-formation-and-faith\/\" aria-label=\"Empowering Future Franciscan Leaders in India: A Journey of Formation and Faith\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-future-franciscan-leaders-in-india-a-journey-of-formation-and-faith\/\">Empowering Future Franciscan Leaders in India: A Journey of Formation and Faith<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> From January 2023 to May 2024, the Franciscan Brothers' formation program in India nurtured 151 students, at various stages of their formation, preparing them to embody values rooted in humanity, Christianity, and the Franciscan [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6720\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6720 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-pastoral-work country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-scaled.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/faith-in-action-a-communitys-journey-to-complete-the-san-vicente-church\/\">Faith in Action: A Community\u2019s Journey to Complete the San Vicente Church in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG_0707-scaled.jpeg\" data-id=\"6720\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"IMG_0707\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/faith-in-action-a-communitys-journey-to-complete-the-san-vicente-church\/\" aria-label=\"Faith in Action: A Community\u2019s Journey to Complete the San Vicente Church in the Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/faith-in-action-a-communitys-journey-to-complete-the-san-vicente-church\/\">Faith in Action: A Community\u2019s Journey to Complete the San Vicente Church in the Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In a place where faith often meets challenge, Br. Rolando K. Abas, OFM, set out to renovate the San Vicente Quasi-Parish Church in Balo-i, Lanao del Norte, with a vision for more than just [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6706\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6706 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-and-water category-healthcare category-poverty-relief country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1-200x103.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1-400x205.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1-600x308.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1-800x411.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1.jpg 1023w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/medicine-meals-and-much-more-how-fr-daniels-team-brought-hope-to-175-ati-families-on-panay-island\/\">Medicine, Meals, and Much More: How Fr. Daniel\u2019s Team Brought Hope to 175 Ati Families on Panay Island, Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960-1.jpg\" data-id=\"6706\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"screenshot-2024-10-15-at-3.06.06\u202fpm-e1729019684960\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/medicine-meals-and-much-more-how-fr-daniels-team-brought-hope-to-175-ati-families-on-panay-island\/\" aria-label=\"Medicine, Meals, and Much More: How Fr. Daniel\u2019s Team Brought Hope to 175 Ati Families on Panay Island, Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/medicine-meals-and-much-more-how-fr-daniels-team-brought-hope-to-175-ati-families-on-panay-island\/\">Medicine, Meals, and Much More: How Fr. Daniel\u2019s Team Brought Hope to 175 Ati Families on Panay Island, Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> Franciscan Health Care Crossing Borders Incorporated (FHCCBI) and Friends of Francis and Clare recently stepped into the lives of the Ati indigenous peoples on Panay Island, offering medical aid and feeding programs to a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6690\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6690 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/transforming-lives-through-education-in-la-libertads-remote-highlands-philippines\/\">Transforming Lives Through Education in La Libertad\u2019s Remote Highlands, Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20230616_081623-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"6690\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"20230616_081623\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/transforming-lives-through-education-in-la-libertads-remote-highlands-philippines\/\" aria-label=\"Transforming Lives Through Education in La Libertad\u2019s Remote Highlands, Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/transforming-lives-through-education-in-la-libertads-remote-highlands-philippines\/\">Transforming Lives Through Education in La Libertad\u2019s Remote Highlands, Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In the heart of the mountainous region of La Libertad, Negros Oriental, students wanting a high school education faced daunting challenges. Students had to travel two hours down the mountain to attend school, a [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6679\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6679 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1203\" height=\"902\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005.jpg 1203w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/scholarships-are-shaping-the-next-generation-in-santo-nino-pastoral-station-in-the-philippines\/\">Scholarships are shaping the next generation in Santo Nino Pastoral Station in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/documentation-scholars68_Page_3_Image_0005.jpg\" data-id=\"6679\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"documentation scholars[68]_Page_3_Image_0005\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/scholarships-are-shaping-the-next-generation-in-santo-nino-pastoral-station-in-the-philippines\/\" aria-label=\"Scholarships are shaping the next generation in Santo Nino Pastoral Station in the Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/scholarships-are-shaping-the-next-generation-in-santo-nino-pastoral-station-in-the-philippines\/\">Scholarships are shaping the next generation in Santo Nino Pastoral Station in the Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In the quiet, rugged mountains of Santo Nino, over 10,000 indigenous people make their lives in a farming community where dreams of higher education often feel as distant as the clouds. But in the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6539\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6539 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-poverty-relief country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"605\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19-200x205.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19-400x410.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19-600x615.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19.jpg 605w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/essential-services-biri-island-philippines\/\">Providing Essential Services and Strengthening the Bonds of Community for Women and Children in the Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/GSFM-35-24-IMG-19.jpg\" data-id=\"6539\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"GSFM-35-24-IMG-19\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/essential-services-biri-island-philippines\/\" aria-label=\"Providing Essential Services and Strengthening the Bonds of Community for Women and Children in the Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/essential-services-biri-island-philippines\/\">Providing Essential Services and Strengthening the Bonds of Community for Women and Children in the Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In partnership with Christ the King College, the Franciscan Friars led by Fr. Prisco A. Cajes, OFM, embarked on a mission to uplift the communities of Brgy. Tapa-e and Barangay Progress on Biri Island, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6552\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6552 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-and-water country-chile\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2073\" height=\"1553\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900.webp\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-16x12.webp 16w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-200x150.webp 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-300x225.webp 300w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-400x300.webp 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-600x449.webp 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-768x575.webp 768w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-800x599.webp 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-1024x767.webp 1024w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-1200x899.webp 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900-1536x1151.webp 1536w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900.webp 2073w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/recoleta-franciscana-convent-chile\/\">Serving Hope and Healing: The Recoleta Franciscan Friary\u2019s Impact in Chile<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Comedor-Fray-Andresito-14-scaled-e1723746762900.webp\" data-id=\"6552\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Comedor Fray Andresito 14\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/recoleta-franciscana-convent-chile\/\" aria-label=\"Serving Hope and Healing: The Recoleta Franciscan Friary\u2019s Impact in Chile\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/recoleta-franciscana-convent-chile\/\">Serving Hope and Healing: The Recoleta Franciscan Friary\u2019s Impact in Chile<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In Chile, the Recoleta Franciscan friary serves as a beacon of hope and support for the homeless, migrants, and vulnerable elderly populations. The site functions as a center for prayer, meditation, and various social [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6523\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6523 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-disaster-relief country-philippines\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-scaled.jpg 2560w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/victims-of-natural-disasters-kinablangan-philippines\/\">Over 800 Lives Touched: Supporting Victims of Natural Disasters in Kinablangan, Philippines<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/June-19-IMG-scaled.jpg\" data-id=\"6523\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"June 19 IMG\" data-caption=\"filter: 0; fileterIntensity: 0.0; filterMask: 0; captureOrientation: 0;\nhighlight: false; algolist: 0;\nmulti-frame: 1;\nbrp_mask:0;\nbrp_del_th:0.0000,0.0000;\nbrp_del_sen:0.0000,0.0000;\ndelta:null;\nmodule: photo;hw-remosaic: false;touch: (-1.0, -1.0);sceneMode: 8;cct_value: 0;AI_Scene: (-1, -1);aec_lux: 0.0;aec_lux_index: 0;HdrStatus: auto;albedo:  ;confidence:  ;motionLevel: 0;weatherinfo: null;temperature: 33;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/victims-of-natural-disasters-kinablangan-philippines\/\" aria-label=\"Over 800 Lives Touched: Supporting Victims of Natural Disasters in Kinablangan, Philippines\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/victims-of-natural-disasters-kinablangan-philippines\/\">Over 800 Lives Touched: Supporting Victims of Natural Disasters in Kinablangan, Philippines<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> With your generous support, the Franciscan Friars have significantly impacted Kinablangan, Philippines, by providing food and aid to victims of natural disasters. Friars like Bro. Mark Joy Basallajes and Fr. Leo Aporbo have reached [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-6508\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-6508 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education category-food-and-water category-healthcare category-human-dignity country-india\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"9248\" height=\"6936\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259.jpg 9248w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-india-nourishing-bodies-and-minds-of-patients-with-hiv-aids-and-their-children\/\">Empowering India: Nourishing Bodies and Minds of Patients with HIV\/AIDS, and their Children<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/July-4-121259.jpg\" data-id=\"6508\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"July 4 121259\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-india-nourishing-bodies-and-minds-of-patients-with-hiv-aids-and-their-children\/\" aria-label=\"Empowering India: Nourishing Bodies and Minds of Patients with HIV\/AIDS, and their Children\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/empowering-india-nourishing-bodies-and-minds-of-patients-with-hiv-aids-and-their-children\/\">Empowering India: Nourishing Bodies and Minds of Patients with HIV\/AIDS, and their Children<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p> In the heart of India, the Franciscan Friars, Fr. Anthony Rooban Doss OFM, Fr. Charles Arulanandam, and Sr. Nirmala FMM (Franciscan Missionaries of Mary), along with the dedicated team at the FMM sisters in [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5667\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5667 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/following-the-footsteps-of-st-francis\/\">Following The Footsteps of St. Francis<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/TWDH1571-EN.jpg\" data-id=\"5667\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"TWDH1571-EN\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/following-the-footsteps-of-st-francis\/\" aria-label=\"Following The Footsteps of St. Francis\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/following-the-footsteps-of-st-francis\/\">Following The Footsteps of St. Francis<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>They come from every corner of the world. Approximately 2,000 young men have answered the call. They come from different continents and regions and have diverse backgrounds, but they share the same goal\u2014to follow in [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-5493\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-5493 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-food-and-water tag-argentina-fresh-water-project tag-franciscan-missions tag-franciscan-water-project tag-fresh-drinking-water tag-fresh-water tag-fresh-water-in-argentina tag-safe-drinking-water tag-safe-drinking-water-in-argentina tag-sustainable-fresh-water tag-water country-argentina\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"Franciscan missions, Fresh water in Argentina,\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-gift-of-safe-drinking-water-in-argentina\/\">A Gift of Safe Drinking Water in Argentina<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/TWDH1527-EN.jpg\" data-id=\"5493\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"TWDH1527-EN\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-gift-of-safe-drinking-water-in-argentina\/\" aria-label=\"A Gift of Safe Drinking Water in Argentina\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-gift-of-safe-drinking-water-in-argentina\/\">A Gift of Safe Drinking Water in Argentina<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The Franciscan missionaries of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin province requested a financial grant in early 2021. The grant request outlined a significant project to supply safe drinking water to schools and community centers [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2350\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2350 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/journey-cross-begins-palm-sunday\/\">The Journey to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Eight-PALM-SUNDAY_10.jpg\" data-id=\"2350\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Week Eight PALM SUNDAY_10\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/journey-cross-begins-palm-sunday\/\" aria-label=\"The Journey to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/journey-cross-begins-palm-sunday\/\">The Journey to the Cross Begins Palm Sunday<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>When was the last time that your church was filled to capacity with\u00a0young people who were present voluntarily to sing, pray, and to celebrate\u00a0their Faith? I was privileged to attend the annual twilight Palm Sunday\u00a0Youth [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2336\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2336 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"548\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web-200x115.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web-400x230.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web-600x345.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web-800x460.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web.jpg 954w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-protector-and-guide\/\">Our Protector and Guide<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Seven-PROTECTOR-AND-GUIDE_08_web.jpg\" data-id=\"2336\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Week Seven PROTECTOR AND GUIDE_08_web\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-protector-and-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Our Protector and Guide\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-protector-and-guide\/\">Our Protector and Guide<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>My earliest memory of St Joseph goes all the way back to the\u00a01950s in my Detroit family home when I would silently watch my father\u00a0on his knees praying a rosary in front of a picture [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2334\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2334 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1188\" height=\"1178\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10-200x198.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10-400x397.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10-600x595.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10-800x793.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10.jpg 1188w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/come-back-heart\/\">Come Back to Me With All Your Heart<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Six-COME-BACK-TO-ME_10.jpg\" data-id=\"2334\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Week Six COME BACK TO ME_10\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/come-back-heart\/\" aria-label=\"Come Back to Me With All Your Heart\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/come-back-heart\/\">Come Back to Me With All Your Heart<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The past week was rather quiet and relaxed because our holy\u00a0novices went off to experience a week long Ignatian Retreat at the Da\u00a0Lat Diocesan Pastoral Center. The Diocese maintains a spacious retreat\u00a0and conference facility as [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2315\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2315 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-laos\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1113\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17-200x151.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17-400x301.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17-600x452.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17-800x602.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17.jpg 1113w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/laos-country-cousin-vietnam\/\">Laos, the Country Cousin of Vietnam<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Five-LAOS-COUNTRY-COUSIN-17.jpg\" data-id=\"2315\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Week Five LAOS COUNTRY COUSIN 17\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/laos-country-cousin-vietnam\/\" aria-label=\"Laos, the Country Cousin of Vietnam\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/laos-country-cousin-vietnam\/\">Laos, the Country Cousin of Vietnam<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I arrived in Vientiane, Laos from Da Lat by way of Hanoi where I stayed overnight. My adventures started right after I checked into the small boutique hotel with a tall glass of iced coffee, [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2306\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2306 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/reconnecting-one-body\/\">Reconnecting&#8230;we are one body.<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Week-Three-WE-ARE-ONE-BODY_01.jpg\" data-id=\"2306\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Week Three WE ARE ONE BODY_01\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/reconnecting-one-body\/\" aria-label=\"Reconnecting&#8230;we are one body.\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/reconnecting-one-body\/\">Reconnecting&#8230;we are one body.<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>This past week was filled with multiple events the first of which\u00a0was my 71st birthday on February 6. It is certainly a sobering thought to\u00a0realize that so many years have passed by. I was so [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2295\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2295 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/anticipation-growing-can-almost-taste\/\">The Anticipation is Growing . . . You can almost taste it . . .<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/ANTICIPATION-GROWING-05.jpg\" data-id=\"2295\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"ANTICIPATION GROWING 05\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/anticipation-growing-can-almost-taste\/\" aria-label=\"The Anticipation is Growing . . . You can almost taste it . . .\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/anticipation-growing-can-almost-taste\/\">The Anticipation is Growing . . . You can almost taste it . . .<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Anticipation is growing, day by day\u00a0for the celebration of the Tet Holiday. The Lunar New Year is a\u00a0combination of Christmas, New Year,\u00a0Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, and Super Bowl\u00a0Sunday on steroids! The three-day celebration\u00a0actually melds into [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2285\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2285 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-vietnam\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/vietnam-my-capistrano\/\">Vietnam My Capistrano<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Br-Bruce-Vietnam.jpg\" data-id=\"2285\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"Br Bruce - Vietnam\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/vietnam-my-capistrano\/\" aria-label=\"Vietnam My Capistrano\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/vietnam-my-capistrano\/\">Vietnam My Capistrano<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>The miracle of the \"Swallows of Capistrano\" takes place each year at Mission San Juan Capistrano in California. The birds migrate 6,000 miles from Argentina to San Juan Capistrano in large numbers. The return of [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2182\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2182 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-kenya\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/missionary-schools-in-kenya\/\">Educating Success in Kenya<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH78.jpg\" data-id=\"2182\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"TWDH78\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/missionary-schools-in-kenya\/\" aria-label=\"Educating Success in Kenya\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/missionary-schools-in-kenya\/\">Educating Success in Kenya<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>\u00a0 Yes, we can do it! This is the shortest way to express the success of our students, who made great results on national exams at the end of schooling. These students are from the [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2179\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2179 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-rwanda\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-kindergarten-is-a-big-success\/\">Our Kindergarten is A Big Success<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0300.jpg\" data-id=\"2179\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"DSC_0300\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-kindergarten-is-a-big-success\/\" aria-label=\"Our Kindergarten is A Big Success\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/our-kindergarten-is-a-big-success\/\">Our Kindergarten is A Big Success<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Our work, as Franciscan missionaries, is to help the poorest of the poor around the world, and our mission in the village of Kivumu, Rwanda is among these places. I can only admire these people. [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2177\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2177 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-education country-rwanda\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"853\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343.jpg 853w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/kindergarten-uniforms-children\/\">Kindergarten Uniforms for Our Children<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0343.jpg\" data-id=\"2177\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"DSC_0343\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/kindergarten-uniforms-children\/\" aria-label=\"Kindergarten Uniforms for Our Children\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/kindergarten-uniforms-children\/\">Kindergarten Uniforms for Our Children<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Now that the Padri Vjeko Kindergarten is up and running, we turn our attention to creating uniforms for our young children. The children range in age from three to five years old, so we have [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2165\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2165 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts country-rwanda\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413-200x133.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/thinking-outside-box\/\">Thinking Outside the Box<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/DSC_0413.jpg\" data-id=\"2165\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"DSC_0413\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/thinking-outside-box\/\" aria-label=\"Thinking Outside the Box\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/thinking-outside-box\/\">Thinking Outside the Box<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>I have been a missionary in Africa for the past twenty-seven years. What I like most about my work as a missionary is that I get to live and work with the people that I [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2123\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2123 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/staying-connected\/\">Staying Connected<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH27.jpg\" data-id=\"2123\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"TWDH27\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/staying-connected\/\" aria-label=\"Staying Connected\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/staying-connected\/\">Staying Connected<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>Jesus had a quality of ministry that caused society's so called \"perfect\" people to feel uncomfortable, and chose not to be connected with Him. Jesus connected with society's so called \"imperfect\" people \u2013 women in [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2125\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2125 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bposts\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 2200px) 100vw, (min-width: 824px) 363px, (min-width: 732px) 545px, (min-width: 640px) 732px, \" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/where-is-jesus\/\">Where is Jesus?<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/TWDH59.jpg\" data-id=\"2125\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"TWDH59\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/where-is-jesus\/\" aria-label=\"Where is Jesus?\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/where-is-jesus\/\">Where is Jesus?<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>It\u2019s hard to imagine anyone being more connected to God than Francis of Assisi. His conversion experience began with a mourning period after his plans for knighthood, fame and glory were shattered. This period turned [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article id=\"blog-1-post-2118\" class=\"fusion-post-grid post-2118 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-children-and-women category-healthcare country-ecuador\">\n<div class=\"fusion-post-wrapper\" style=\"background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);border:1px solid #ebeaea;border-bottom-width:3px;\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-flexslider flexslider fusion-flexslider-loading fusion-post-slideshow\" style=\"border-color:#ebeaea;\">\n\t\t<ul class=\"slides\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><div  class=\"fusion-image-wrapper\" aria-haspopup=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCF1760-e1481743184721.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/><div class=\"fusion-rollover\">\n\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-link\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-little-boy-discovered\/\">A Little Boy Discovered<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-rollover-sep\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-rollover-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/DSCF1760-e1481743184721.jpg\" data-id=\"2118\" data-rel=\"iLightbox[gallery]\" data-title=\"DSCF1760\" data-caption=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGallery\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"fusion-link-wrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-little-boy-discovered\/\" aria-label=\"A Little Boy Discovered\"><\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"fusion-post-content-wrapper\" style=\"padding:30px 25px 20px 25px;\"><div class=\"fusion-post-content post-content\"><h2 class=\"blog-shortcode-post-title entry-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/franciscanmissions.org\/es\/a-little-boy-discovered\/\">A Little Boy Discovered<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"fusion-post-content-container\"><p>There are so many mission stories that touch my heart and impact my life. For example, the story of a little boy in Ecuador, whose mother left him at home alone, from the time that [...]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":7,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"template-blogs.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-82","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Blog - Franciscan Missions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Read our blog! 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