Welcome - Franciscan Missions                                       Order of Friars Minor Conventual         The Franciscan Friars (Order of Friars Minoor Conventual) minister in over forty missions throughout the world: In Asia: Turkey, Lebanon, Japan, Indoneia, Philipines, Korea, India, and Vietnam In Africa: Burkino Faso, Tanzania, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Uganda, Angola, Malawi In Central and South America: Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Brasil (Stato Federale, Sao Paolo, Maranhao, Rio De Janeiro), Chile, Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Honduras, Columbia, El Salvador, Cuba In countries of the former Soviet Unioon (new foundationation or revival of old ones:  Russia (Moscow, Kalingrad, aand Kalmukia) , Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Romania, Moldavia, Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria, and continued presence in Croatia, Slovakia, and Poland