Appeals
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 [...]
Homes for the Homeless
You have heard the Good News! You and I have heard the Good News throughout our lives. It is truly the greatest story ever told. Every Christmas, we retell how Mary and Joseph traveled, how [...]
Your Gift This Thanksgiving Will Bring Hope
Please Donate - Select [23AATX] Your Gift This Thanksgiving Will Bring Hope - Feeding Poor Children You bring the reign of God a bit closer for children in the missions. As Thanksgiving approaches, I know [...]
Together we deliver hope
YOU may be the only reflection of Christ that some people ever see. Together, we deliver hope. When Saint Francis personally fed hungry lepers and washed and bandaged their sores, they experienced the love of [...]
Following The Footsteps of St. Francis
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—to follow in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Homes for the Homeless
You have heard the Good News! You and I have heard the Good News throughout our lives. It is truly the greatest story ever told. Every Christmas, we retell how Mary and Joseph traveled, how [...]
Your Gift This Thanksgiving Will Bring Hope
Please Donate - Select [23AATX] Your Gift This Thanksgiving Will Bring Hope - Feeding Poor Children You bring the reign of God a bit closer for children in the missions. As Thanksgiving approaches, I know [...]
Together we deliver hope
YOU may be the only reflection of Christ that some people ever see. Together, we deliver hope. When Saint Francis personally fed hungry lepers and washed and bandaged their sores, they experienced the love of [...]
Fall 2022 | Legacy of Hope
"If It’s Not One thing, It’s Another" This is one of the favorite expressions of a Franciscan that I lived with back in the 1980’s. He was always pleasant [...]
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 [...]
Thank You For Your Gifts
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. Thank you for your [...]
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 [...]
Thank You For Your Gifts
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. Thank you for your [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Great Hope for the Future
The Good News Today, young men around the world are in the process of becoming Franciscan priests and brothers. Their faith in God and love for St. Francis has been nurtured in many ways. [...]