Appeals
We Can Change The World
You and I can change the world one child at a time. Recently, Father Francis Mbuvi, OFM and I visited St. Mary Nursery and Primary School in Shagasha, a village in Rushooka Parish, Uganda. We [...]
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 [...]
Finding the Franciscans
Do you know where to find the Franciscans? I do not just mean where we live or minister or pray. The Franciscans have always been found on the margins, walking with the poor and serving [...]
$30 Will Change A Childs Life
Do you remember as a child how excited you were to start school in the fall? How about gathering all the school supplies with your mom? I have some very fond memories of those times. Now imagine [...]
Franciscan missionaries in Indonesia need your help!
In the coastal cities of Palu and Donggala, home to about 350,000 people, the church has been washed away and so has almost everything else. On Friday, September 28, an earthquake hit the island of [...]
Together We Can Make A Christmas Wish Come True
Will you make an orphaned child’s Christmas wish come true? Dharma was an eight-year-old orphan living in the village of Attipattu near Chennai, India. Surviving childhood and growing up in the impoverished slums of India [...]
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