The mission is to promote the missionary work of the Franciscan Order. The three specific goals as outlined in its by-laws and statutes are: 1. To provide direct financial support for missions of the Order throughout the world. This is done both through grants for specific projects and through Mass intentions and stipends to missionaries. 2. To provide financial support for the training of future missionaries. This is done through financial grants for formation projects. 3. To educate the world, particularly in the United States, on the mission work of the Order. This is currently done by bringing in friar-missionaries to preach in parishes for the promotion of the missions and by a regular newsletter to donors informing them of the work of missionaries through