Hello dear benefactors of Franciscan Mission Associates, my name is Br. Daniel and I am a Franciscan friar in formation. I would like to share with you a little of my life and how, thanks to your help, I am given the opportunity to go ahead with my studies for the service of God, the Church, and society.

Since its founding days in the 13th century, the Franciscan Order has prioritized education that balances intellectual enrichment with spiritual growth, service, and humility.

At our Valley of the Angels mission school in Guatemala, even boys with great promise can fall through the cracks and into criminal lives as gang members. At Valley, we must say goodbye to the boys after they graduate Grade 6 at age 13. Literate but without certain futures, this is when they become the

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