Appeals
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 [...]
Together We Offer Them Hope
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” ― Shannon L. Alder Many Franciscan missionaries around the world serve the needs of [...]
A Thanksgiving of Hope – Feeding The Poor Worldwide
Do you know what it is like to be hungry for a long period of time? I cannot even remember the last time I missed a meal! For the poor in the missions, hunger is [...]
The Gift of Hope
Your Christmas gift is in the eyes of children trapped by the war in Ukraine. Your generosity and care can give these children and their families the gift of hope. Their wide-eyed gratitude and wonder [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Together We Offer Them Hope
“One of the most important things you can do on this earth is to let people know they are not alone.” ― Shannon L. Alder Many Franciscan missionaries around the world serve the needs of [...]
A Thanksgiving of Hope – Feeding The Poor Worldwide
Do you know what it is like to be hungry for a long period of time? I cannot even remember the last time I missed a meal! For the poor in the missions, hunger is [...]
The Gift of Hope
Your Christmas gift is in the eyes of children trapped by the war in Ukraine. Your generosity and care can give these children and their families the gift of hope. Their wide-eyed gratitude and wonder [...]
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 [...]
A Thanksgiving of Hope – Feeding The Poor Worldwide
Do you know what it is like to be hungry for a long period of time? I cannot even remember the last time I missed a meal! For the poor in the missions, hunger is [...]
The Gift of Hope
Your Christmas gift is in the eyes of children trapped by the war in Ukraine. Your generosity and care can give these children and their families the gift of hope. Their wide-eyed gratitude and wonder [...]
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 [...]
Help Keep Hope Alive in Ukraine
Can you hear the cries of children and families trapped in the cities of Ukraine as the bombs and the rockets rain down? Do you feel the panic of young mothers with their children trying [...]
Provide Typhoon Relief in the Philippines – You Make Miracles Happen
Yours is a heart open to the world! Thank you for opening your heart to our Franciscan missionaries and the poor and suffering people we serve throughout our world. Together with us, you make miracles happen in [...]
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 [...]
A Thanksgiving of Hope – Feeding The Poor Worldwide
Do you know what it is like to be hungry for a long period of time? I cannot even remember the last time I missed a meal! For the poor in the missions, hunger is [...]
The Gift of Hope
Your Christmas gift is in the eyes of children trapped by the war in Ukraine. Your generosity and care can give these children and their families the gift of hope. Their wide-eyed gratitude and wonder [...]
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 [...]
Help Keep Hope Alive in Ukraine
Can you hear the cries of children and families trapped in the cities of Ukraine as the bombs and the rockets rain down? Do you feel the panic of young mothers with their children trying [...]
Provide Typhoon Relief in the Philippines – You Make Miracles Happen
Yours is a heart open to the world! Thank you for opening your heart to our Franciscan missionaries and the poor and suffering people we serve throughout our world. Together with us, you make miracles happen in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Keep Hope Alive in Syria
The Sadness of this War You and I have had warmth and safe shelter this winter. But the refugees of the lengthy civil war in Syria are struggling to survive. Today, the winter temperatures in Syria are [...]
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. [...]
Support Our Franciscan Missionaries
Your generosity helps our Franciscan missionaries serve the poor on six continents. Life in the missions is especially challenging as our missionary friars deal with the effects of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. In many places, [...]
Our Distant Goal
“It is for us to pray not for tasks equal to our powers, but for powers equal to our tasks, to go forward with a great desire forever beating at the door of our hearts [...]
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