The Institute participated in the celebration of 20 year of Misean Cara

On June 26^th 2024, during the Annual General Meeting in Dublin, Misean Cara celebrated 20 years of providing support to Irish missionary congregations working around the world to empower excluded and vulnerable people to achieve a better quality of life. At the event, Brother Patrick John McGowan represented the Institute of the Marist Brothers, a member of Misean Cara, alongside Andrea Rossi and Pamela Difino from FMSI.

Misean Cara supports missionaries working worldwide to empower those left furthest behind. 77 members, among which the Marist Brothers, draw on Ireland’s centuries-old missionary heritage of working with the poorest and most marginalised. Focusing on education, health, sustainable livelihoods and human rights, they now work in over 50 countries. In each, long-term relationships of deep trust are developed with those they serve.

Since 2004, Misean Cara has supported this work through funding, mentorship and accompaniment. Today, 77 their members are fully committed to eradicate poverty, alleviate marginalisation, help communities overcome crisis, and promote the dignity and well-being of poor and marginalised people around the world.

Misean Cara and Marist Institute / FMSI

The collaboration between the Marist Brothers and Misean Cara holds strategic significance for the institute: FMSI in the last 5 years was able to present, manage and report project for an overall value of over 2.000.000 € including projects such as Fratelli in Lebanon, Three to Six, New Horizons, the Marcelin center in the Philippines, the Hopeville center in Nigeria and many others in Colombia, Mexico, Syria, Bangladesh, India, Cambodia and Madagascar.

“This longstanding partnership demonstrates our unwavering commitment to the mission and long-term planning” States Andrea Rossi, Director General of FMSI. And he added: “We are eager to elevate this cooperation to new heights and are currently developing innovative strategic collaborations that will yield tangible advancements for the mission’s future and the sustainability of many Marist solidarity works worldwide.”