The Franciscan Missionary Brothers are Brothers who commit to lifelong missionary service especially to non-Christians. CMSF’s priority is the proclamation of the Gospel. We are actively involved in human development and the promotion of justice and peace. Our ministries include the foundation of schools, hospitals, leprosarium, clinics, orphanages, industrial training institutes, homes for street children, nursing homes, and special ministries among the poor and marginalized and the pastoral care of newly founded Catholic communities in 10 countries.
The Congregation was founded with the sole aim of proclaiming the gospel, propagation of Catholic faith among non-Christians and planting the Catholic Church. Our Founder had a burning desire to share the Christian faith with all those who did not know Jesus Christ. So, he chose India, a vast country now with a billion and more people. The simple idea of helping people to welcome and know Christ caught on and has continued for more than 117 years. Thus, during the last 116 years of its existence, the Congregation has developed more than 100 mission centers and handed them over to the respective dioceses out of which many of them have become vibrant parishes and four of them have become flourishing dioceses who carry on the legacy of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers. More than a million people were given Christian faith, numerous churches were constructed, and Catholic Church was planted in thousands of rural villages.
