Appeals
Chennai India Flood Relief
Yours is a heart open to the world! Thank you for opening your heart to our Franciscan missionaries and the poor, suffering people we serve throughout our world. Together with us, you make miracles happen [...]
Bring Hope to the People of Acapulco
Father Oliver Gallegos, OFM needs your help! He is one of our missionary friars serving the peripheral sector of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, specifically in the severely affected Renacimiento neighborhood. The loss of basic [...]
Make A Return To The Lord for all his blessings
How can I make a return to the Lord for all his blessings? – Psalm 116 You are so blessed, and your love and generosity bless so many. Your example of charity and care for [...]
A Year of Hope and Peace
Happy 2024! It is my prayer that it will be a year of hope and peace for you! Thank you for partnering with Franciscan Missions during the struggles our missionary friars have faced in 2023. [...]
Help Children with Disabilities this Christmas
Please Donate - Select [23ACC3] Help Children with Disabilities this Christmas You bring hope and faith to so many people! What a great blessing you are to children who have little reason for hope. And [...]
Ease the Suffering of Ukrainian Families
Please Donate - Select [24B2UK] Ease the suffering of Ukrainian families Can you hear the cries of families trapped amid the brutality and destruction of the grinding war in Ukraine? Do you feel the fear [...]
A Gift of St. Anthony’s Bread
Have you been called to serve the poor or refugees of war and natural disasters? Saint Anthony of Padua was known for his extraordinary love for the poor, which he often expressed by feeding the [...]
Your Investment in Hope Makes a Difference
In the New Year, it is my prayer that it will be a year of hope and peace for you! Thank you for partnering with Franciscan Missions during the struggles of 2021. Your generous support of [...]
Deliver A New Year of Hope For All
Happy 2021 and surviving the pandemic! Thank you for partnering with the Franciscan Missions in 2020. Your generosity in supporting our Franciscan missionaries was tremendous. Together with our faith in the Gospel and in our [...]
A Place for Hope in Uganda
Your children are the apple of your eye, I have heard so many parents say. So are the little ones of the Ewe Mama Franciscan School for Disabled Children in Rwentobo, Uganda. [...]
Change A Dalit Child’s Destiny
Are you willing to change a Dalit child's destiny? Arunthathiyar Dalit, also known as "untouchables" are the most oppressed among the Dalits of India. They live on the fringe of society in miserable conditions. The [...]
Who Will Shelter Them
Growing up—even surviving childhood—in impoverished East Africa is difficult. Now imagine the plight of children orphaned at a young age because of the HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping across Africa. Who will shelter them in the shadow [...]
A Place To Call Home in Mozambique
You are blessed with God’s love! It is a wondrous gift to know that God loves me—and you— unconditionally. Each person deserves the fullness of this gift. Through his love, we are asked to respond [...]
Chennai India Flood Relief
Yours is a heart open to the world! Thank you for opening your heart to our Franciscan missionaries and the poor, suffering people we serve throughout our world. Together with us, you make miracles happen [...]
Bring Hope to the People of Acapulco
Father Oliver Gallegos, OFM needs your help! He is one of our missionary friars serving the peripheral sector of the city of Acapulco, Mexico, specifically in the severely affected Renacimiento neighborhood. The loss of basic [...]
Make A Return To The Lord for all his blessings
How can I make a return to the Lord for all his blessings? – Psalm 116 You are so blessed, and your love and generosity bless so many. Your example of charity and care for [...]
A Year of Hope and Peace
Happy 2024! It is my prayer that it will be a year of hope and peace for you! Thank you for partnering with Franciscan Missions during the struggles our missionary friars have faced in 2023. [...]
Help Children with Disabilities this Christmas
Please Donate - Select [23ACC3] Help Children with Disabilities this Christmas You bring hope and faith to so many people! What a great blessing you are to children who have little reason for hope. And [...]
Ukraine Disaster Relief
Please Donate - Select [23RAUK] Shine The Light of Hope - Ukraine Disaster Relief Will you help bring the children and families trapped in war-torn Ukraine out of darkness and shine the light of hope? [...]
Saint Anthony’s Bread of Hope
Did you have food left over after dinner last night? “Leftovers” is a common household word in our culture. But leftovers are rarely found in developing countries. Every scrap of food that can be used [...]
Syria Earthquake Disaster Relief
Please Donate - Select [23W2ER] Syria Earthquake Disaster Relief “Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy.” –Pope Francis Franciscan missionaries in Syria need your help today! Monday February 6th, in the Idlib [...]
The Impact of Your Generosity
My greeting comes to you not only from me, but from over 5,000 Franciscan missionaries in over 600 missions around the world! Each day we pray for you and for all who are dear to [...]
Each One of Us Is Called
Each one of us is called to share the mercy and compassion of Jesus Christ with others. As Franciscan friars, we serve poor and marginalized people with humility, kindness, and love. We cannot do this [...]
Your Support is Desperately Needed
You have done such good in the world, and I know you do not want any reward or credit. You just quietly do good, confident that no act of kindness escapes the Lord’s notice. At this [...]
Ukraine Disaster Relief
Please Donate - Select [23RAUK] Shine The Light of Hope - Ukraine Disaster Relief Will you help bring the children and families trapped in war-torn Ukraine out of darkness and shine the light of hope? [...]
Saint Anthony’s Bread of Hope
Did you have food left over after dinner last night? “Leftovers” is a common household word in our culture. But leftovers are rarely found in developing countries. Every scrap of food that can be used [...]
Syria Earthquake Disaster Relief
Please Donate - Select [23W2ER] Syria Earthquake Disaster Relief “Jesus Christ is the face of the Father’s mercy.” –Pope Francis Franciscan missionaries in Syria need your help today! Monday February 6th, in the Idlib [...]
The Impact of Your Generosity
My greeting comes to you not only from me, but from over 5,000 Franciscan missionaries in over 600 missions around the world! Each day we pray for you and for all who are dear to [...]
Each One of Us Is Called
Each one of us is called to share the mercy and compassion of Jesus Christ with others. As Franciscan friars, we serve poor and marginalized people with humility, kindness, and love. We cannot do this [...]
Your Support is Desperately Needed
You have done such good in the world, and I know you do not want any reward or credit. You just quietly do good, confident that no act of kindness escapes the Lord’s notice. At this [...]
Today We Can Save A Life
“I have done what is mine to do. May Christ show you what is yours to do.” ~ St. Francis of Assisi As a young man, Francis of Assisi always turned away when he came [...]
Your Gift Will Make A Difference
You are someone who cares about the poor, and you put your love into action with COVID relief in Lima! You value actions over words. You have an active part in our mission through [...]
Deliver A New Year of Hope For All
Happy 2021 and surviving the pandemic! Thank you for partnering with the Franciscan Missions in 2020. Your generosity in supporting our Franciscan missionaries was tremendous. Together with our faith in the Gospel and in our [...]
Together We Reflect the Face of Christ
When Saint Francis personally fed hungry lepers and washed and bandaged their sores, they experienced the love of Jesus. In the face of St. Francis, those most abandoned and neglected of human souls came to [...]
Change A Dalit Child’s Destiny
Are you willing to change a Dalit child's destiny? Arunthathiyar Dalit, also known as "untouchables" are the most oppressed among the Dalits of India. They live on the fringe of society in miserable conditions. The [...]
India Pandemic Relief
On March 24, government officials in India implemented a national lockdown to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With little more than four hours to make arrangements, the country’s 1.3 billion people were banned [...]
Thank you for the gift of your friendship
What a blessing you are to Franciscan missionaries around the world! Thank you for the gift of your friendship. I trust in your ongoing friendship as we look ahead to the rest of the year. As the executive director of [...]
To Become Like Jesus
“Come, follow me!” Jesus’s words seem so simple and direct. The first twelve took up the call. Their lives, and indeed, all of history, changed. Since those first apostles and disciples, countless other men and women have taken up [...]
Your Generosity Can Create A Legacy of Hope
The good Lord continues to bless us with young men searching for God with open minds and hearts. As Franciscan seminarians they are preparing to embrace the Franciscan life of Gospel service to their brothers and [...]
We Can Speak To All Nations
Our Catholic Church is a Franciscan formation missionary church! You and I are sent forth by Jesus himself to share the Good News to the ends of the earth. He also sends us to care [...]
Show God’s Love with the Poor
We are blessed to live in a developed country! Most of us have everything we need. We have same-day delivery for online orders to drivers who pick up your takeout food order and deliver it [...]
Our Unity With Christ
As Christians, you and I believe in our unity with Christ, so we pray for one another. We celebrate Mass and ask our merciful God to purify the souls of the deceased and bring them [...]