News and Press Releases
Migrant Stories: My family and I set off with great joy
We are privileged to read the testimony of a man originally from Haiti, who, for economic reasons attempted to emigrate from Brazil with his wife and son.
Franciscan friars join the Virtual Migrant House volunteer team
“To be a volunteer is an option that makes us free.” –Papa Francisco
Migrant Stations of the Cross 2023. Let us walk with migrants who share our Common Home
Let us reflect and pray the way of the cross together with migrants and displaced persons.
RFM-Panama Visits El Zapallal, Darién Province
Between October 21 and 26, 2022, the RFM-Panama visited the community of El Zapallal, province of Darién. The objectives were to:
The RFM teams accompany the migrant from the “Spirit of Assisi”
he Spirit of Assisi arose from the initiative of John Paul II to hold an Interreligious Meeting in 1986 in the city of Assisi, as a city symbol of peace. One hundred and fifty representatives of the twelve main religions of the world participated in the meeting, whose purpose was dialogue and friendship between the different religions. The meeting established a clear opposition to violence in all its forms, mainly fratricidal wars and the practice of religion that favors violence and war. After this initial date, Pope John Paul II in 2002 once again summoned representatives and religious leaders to Assisi.
Brothers and Sisters in Patuca in Solidarity with Migrants. RFM-Honduras Visit
On October 15, the Franciscan Network for Migrants’ Honduras team traveled to the church of San José Nueva Choluteca, Patuca, Olancho, bringing a donation of mats, medicines, clothing and food.
Where we are?
Learn about our shelters and teams
Volunteer Opportunities
Understanding, building and growing the Network
Program Focus
Capacity-Building
Members of the Network are already providing a myriad of resources to migrants. Network members will be able to enhance each other’s work by sharing information and resources via different media (bulletins, meetings and gatherings, capacity-building seminars, resource and route maps, threat advisories, etc.) that they can then pass on to migrants in their care along the route.s.
Support and Protection
Members of the Network will foster the establishment of migrant centers, shelters and houses of refuge in areas where there is a lack of resources by connecting donors to new and ongoing programs.
Advocacy and Collaboration.
Fidelity to the Gospel message compels us to not only to recognize the face of Christ in the poor and the excluded, but also to engage in a social analysis to identify the processes of impoverishment and exclusion e.g. root causes, agents, victims, mechanisms and consequences.
