Franciscan Mission Associates (FMA), now in its 49th year of service to the missions of the world, is a spiritually based organization with worldwide mission-helping undertakings. It promotes information about and interest in the missionaries and their people - particularly in the Franciscan Missions of Central America, but also in the inner cities of the United States and Canada as well as every continent in the world.
 St. Peter Claver
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 PrayerGod of mercy and love, you offer all peoples the dignity of sharing in your life. By the example and prayers of Saint Peter Claver, strengthen us to overcome all racial hatreds and to love each other as brothers and sisters. [Liturgy of the Hours, IV:2019] Amen.
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Peter Claver was born in Spain in 1580 and joined the Society of Jesus in 1602. His superiors in 1610 sent him as a missionary to Cartegena, Colombia, a port of entry for the infamous slave trade.
