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Franciscan Missions
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- Franciscan Missions
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- Burlington WI
- United States 53105
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- +1.41453454
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More than 800 years ago St. Francis of Assisi came upon a church outside of Assisi, Italy that was in great disrepair. In the midst of the shambles, on a wall, was a crucifix. As he knelt in prayer, the image on the cross spoke to him, telling him to "Go repair my house." Francis didn't turn to a fund raisier to raise the money to get the job done. He assumed his rather wealthy family would help. He was wrong. His father disowned him. But like Jesus, Francis had an extended view of "family". All of creation, all people, especially the poor, became his family. Francis didn't know a thing about fund raising. But he knew how to work with his hands for the poor. If more was needed then he begged. Eight hundred years later, Franciscans are still working with their hands and begging to help the poor in the name of the Lord.
The General Secretariat of the Franciscan Missions (Franciscan Missions, Inc.) was started by Fr. Constantine Koser, the General Minister of the Order of Frairs Minor in 1964 for the purpose of raising funds to help support the work of the Franciscans who live and work with the poorest of the poor throughout the world.
Franciscan Missions, Inc is currently under the direction of Fr. Sereno Baiardi, O.F.M. Ordained in 1966 in Genova, Italy, Fr. Sereno was assigned to the Mission Office in 1971 after working in the missions in Lybia.
