Printing Press: The main apostolate of the centre is Printing Press.

Bro. John Varikattu (Superior)
Bro. Emmanuel S. Antony (Manager)

Gyan Deep community of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers was established in the year 1993 in the Archdiocese of Bhopal mainly for the pre-novitiate programs of the province.

The community consists of following Brothers:
Bro. Dominic Marak (Superior & Director of Candidates)
Bro. John Aroj Solomon

1. Formation Program: From June 2010, the center is made used for common postulancy program of the Congregation. The postulancy program begins usually from the middle of June and ends by the first week of February of the following year. The postulancy program is really aimed at forming the former as well-integrated persons.

Brother Paulus Memorial Training Centre at Aloor in the diocese of Irinjalakuda was established in the year 1992 with the primary purpose of having one year candidacy program for students all over India before they are brought to North as well as to involve together with the parish in the evangelization activities in this area.

The community consists of following Brothers:

Bro. Sushil Lakra (Superior)
Bro. Dennis Thekeparmpil

2.Pastoral Ministry: Brothers actively assists in the Parish Church activities.. One of the Brothers attends the Diocesan Pastoral Council meeting without fail. The rapport with the parish and the diocesan authorities maintained well. We have made a visible presence in the diocese.

Farm: The farm is maintained rather well. There are around250 rubber trees. Nut-mug trees yield well. Every year ten to twenty new plants are planted. There are a few coconut- and areca nut trees we have in the farm. Seasonal-vegetables are grown for the home-use.

In the year 2007, St. Thomas province purchased a new property at Dodaballapur, Bangalore in the Arch diocese of Bangalore, Karnataka. The province formed a trust in the name of Nirmala Seva Trust and purchased 11 acres of land for the institution

The community consists of following brothers:-

Bro. Andreas Kindo (Superior)
Bro. Thomas Kunnel

Pastoral Ministry:The brothers are totally involved in the parish ministry. They also undertake social activities together with other religious communities under the parish.

Farm:Land is cultivable and fertile. We have plan to cultivate multiple crops and other cash crops till the final institutionalization take place.

The Franciscan Fraternity at Dumrikhas was established in the year 1950 in the Gorakhpur-Banaras Prefecture (now the Gorakhpur diocese), for the purpose of pioneering evangelization activities.

A. The Community

The community consists of four Brothers:

Bro. Lalit Lakra (Superior)
Bro. Xavier Muthirakalayil
Bro. Augustus Samad  

1. St. Joseph Middle School (Hindi Medium): This Junior High School is a Government aided school. Bro. Xavier Muthirakalayil is the Head Master of the school.

2. St. Francis English Medium School: This school is affiliated to CBSE Board, New Delhi

3. Hostel: Hostel is presided for boys to stay from far away places. Presence of the boys makes good difference in the campus, especially after the school.

4. Farm: Farm is maintained rather well, no part of the land is vacant. Every year paddy and wheat are cultivated.

The community of Franciscan Brothers began in Mariam Nagar, in the Diocese of Meerut, in the year 1989 although purchasing of land and other negotiation was going on from 1985. The purpose of this centre was primarily for establishing Technical Education Institute of the Province.

The community consists of six Brothers:

Bro. Frence John (Superior)
Bro. Mark Kachira
Bro. Habil Lakra

B. Apostolic Ministry

1. St. Francis Technical School: This institute has been serving primarily for the youth of the area in developing technical knowledge and skills for more than two decades. Bro. Shantilal is the principal of the institute and other Brothers, Joseph, and Joe, render service to the institute as staff. The technical education of the institute has the following trades: Electrician, Electronics Mechanic, Fitter, Machinist and Mechanic Motor Vehicle. Apart from the above-mentioned trades the institute provides training program in collaboration with the following Automobile Companies:

Toyota Kirloskar Motors:More than Ten batches have already finished this training. Most of them are employed and some of them have reached up to official grade.

TATA Motors: We have signed the MoU for training the boys. This is a separate identity. We need to give a theoretical training and practical will be assigned to the Tata dealers. After the training Tata Motors will give the placement depending on the ability and interest of the students. Now it is affiliated to DGE&T.

Mahindra & Mahindra: Since December 2015 the ITI has been training program with M &M. It is a kind of personality development program. They take 12 trainees in a batch. This is a quarterly program.

3. Hostel: Boys come from different parts of India for the technical education. They do an hour of manual labor every day; and pray with the Brothers in the evenings. The presence of the boys in the campus gives life to the community and the institute. The boys render their help as and when asked for.

St. Francis of Assisi’s life (1181-1226) began in the town of Assisi, about 130 kilometers from Rome. St. Francis of Assisi has captured the imagination of billions of people attracting admirers among believers of all faiths and atheists, rich and poor, intellectuals and workers, philosophers and theologians, poets and novelists, artists and filmmakers, historians and sociologists, peacemakers and environmentalists. Today, more biographies exist of the Little Man of Assisi than of any other saint with new studies appearing every year. For the first time, we have a pope who has chosen the name ‘Francis’. Why do so many people look up to St. Francis of Assisi today?

The Community

The community consists of following Brothers:

Bro. Julius George (Superior & Director)
Bro. Nikhil Karinthayil (Administrator)

Born into a rich merchant family, Francis left his material wealth to seek wealth with the Lord. Taking the Gospels as his way of life, Francis worked and lived with the poor. Part of his charisma is his very ordinariness, his closeness and accessibility to the average person. His influence spread and soon followers came to be with him, to live as he did. These we call Franciscans. Today, they try to re-live the life of St. Francis who was a rich witness to the life of Christ. Before Francis died in 1226 at the age of 44, he founded three Catholic religious orders. His gift to mankind was his love of God as he experienced him in all of his creation. His imprints on history are the men and women who identify with his vision in the Franciscan way of life. That legacy lives on in the followers of Francis who today seek to inspire in themselves and others the ideals of peace and justice of the gospels.

St. Francis School, Greater Noida, which is owned and operated by the Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of St. Francis of Assisi (CMSF), has the spiritual affiliation to one of the orders founded by St. Francis of Assisi. The Society has long been characterized by the wide diversity of its service and talent for innovative service. Today the Society continues the mission of St. Francis of Assisi to make this world a better place to live in harmony with whole creation through its varieties of services to the humanity in different parts of the world.

“Mission Indara”, in fact, is the Mother of all Missions of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers in North India. The Mission was established in the year 1948 in the then Gorakhpur-Banaras Prefecture, and now the Diocese of Varanasi, for the purpose of pioneering evangelizing mission. As this Mission takes pride of being the Mother of all Missions of the Brothers, it also has a “Mission Success Story” to tell the present generation of the CMSF. How much do our Brothers really know about this mission and the Brothers who shed their sweat for the cause of rooting the Gospel in the heartland of people of other faiths?

The community consists of following Brothers:

Bro. Chacko Palathunkel (Superior)
Bro. Aloysius Chalangady
Bro. Anand Kumar
Bro. Ajit Beck 
B. Apostolic Ministry

1. Leprosy Hospital:Bro. Anand Kumar is the incharge of the Leprosy Hospital. It has 40 to 50 inmates and inpatients. There are also 3 to 4 outpatients come daily for dressing the wounds. Three medical staff under the supervision of Sr. Florence, SRA takes care of the medical needs of the patients. We provide food, clothes, medicine and stationary to the inmates and patients. To take care of various day-to-day affairs of the centre there are 8 supporting staff. Every Tuesday evening, bhajan mandali is held by the inmates.

3.St. Francis School, Alinagar: This school is from Kindergarten to Class VIII. Bro.Lalit Lakra is the principal of the school. It is a feeder school for St. Francis School, Indara.

4.St. Francis School, English Medium, Indara: It is considered as one of the best school in Indara and its surrounding place.

The community was established in 2003 in the diocese of Meerut mainly for the education apostolate. The school partially built with a well planned infrastructure. In apostolic collaboration with the MSMI Sisters the school was started in 2004.

The community consists of two Brothers:

Bro. Peter Minz (Superior)
Bro. Laurence Abraham (Director)
Bro. John Bhramakulam (Assistant Director)

1. St. Francis Senior Secondary School: In 2010 the school got affiliation for Class 11 and 12 with Science and Commerce streams and in 2013 with additional streams of Biology, Mass Media, and Physical Education. In May 2011 foundation stone was laid for Auditorium, Indoor Stadium and 12 class rooms in one block and in other block Brothers’ residence, and the swimming pool.

This School has become one of the leading schools in the area. The school always remains to its founding principles of giving Christian Value Education to the students and the teachers.

Pastro-Socio Program: The community involves in all possible ways in the parish activities. In the afternoon, the community runs the non-formal education activities for the children from slums and of construction workers. The community has arranged the teachers for this purpose. There are almost 200 students from the neighborhood. The program runs very well.

The community of Franciscan Brothers at Jafferganj in the diocese of Allahabad was established in the year 1959. This place is also began for the pioneering evangelization. Although nobody from the area embraced Catholicism, Brothers brought Catholic families from various places and settled them by giving land and other things. Today it has become a small parish with their own resident parish priest. The second generation of this Christian community is more active in faith matters and most of them are better educated and employed in different institutions and organizations.

The community consists of three Brothers:

Bro. Bartholomius Kandulna (Superior)
Bro. Bikram Kullu ( Principal)
Bro. Benezet Tirkey
Bro. Jospeh Lugun
B. Apostolic Ministry

St. Joseph High School:

This School has started in the year 1959 with a handful of students as a Balawadi. It gradually grew up into high School and has been recognized with Govt. Grand in aid in the year 1986.

Farm:

Farm is maintained rather well look after the farm. Seasonal crops are cultivated.

The community was established in the year 1942 in the Diocese of Jhansi. It was a flourishing centre for the education ministry of the Brothers until a decade and a half ago. The centre was well-known in the entire diocese.

The community consists of following Brothers:

Bro. Aloysius Kispotta (Superior)
Bro. Varghese Puthenpurackal
Bro. Ignatius Podimattam   

1. St. Jude High School and Inter College:The main occupation of the Brothers is in the field of education of the poor. The Brothers run a Government Aided High School (Hind Medium). Bro. Laurence established Saint Jude’s Secondary School in 1942. At present Bro.Varghese Puthenpurackal is the Principal and Bro. George Dominic is the Manager of the school. The teaching and the discipline of the school are quite good in the locality.

The Brothers also run Saint Jude’s Primary School which is unaided and run by the Society of the Franciscan Brothers.

2. The Farm: The community cultivateswheat and other necessary vegetables.

The Franciscan community of CMSF was established in the Archdiocese of Ranchi in 1968. The Brothers happily began to render the service to the people first through a small dispensary, followed by taking the administration of the Parish Primary School. Subsequently Brothers built separate Middle and High School named as Assisi School. In the early 1980’s separate formation house was built. By 2002, formation house was shifted to Bhopal and commenced English Medium education for the boys of the neighborhood by taking the name St. Francis School, Samlong, with the affiliation to ICSE Board..

The community consists of four Brothers:

1. Bro. Joseph MP                   :           Superior

Among the government teachers, two are Religious Sisters belong to the Sisters of Good Samaritans. Bro. Dominic has been teaching there for more than 4 years..To be the management has appointed Sr. Christi Minz to look into the day to day academic and disciplinary affairs of the school.

St. Francis School (English Medium):School is Affiliated to ICSE Board.

The Franciscan community was established in the year 1999 in the Diocese of Sambalpur for establishing a technical institute. The land belongs to the diocese. The initial years, the Brothers did quite a good job and the diocese and the people had great expectation of the Brothers. Except a plot of land, the entire land is leased to the Society of Ranchi Franciscan Brothers for thirty years by the diocese. The land is specifically earmarked for industrial purpose. Hence, whatever activity we begin it can only be connected with technical training.

At present the fraternity consists of two Brothers:

1. Bro. Charles Soreng : Superior
2. Bro. Abraham Pandiyammackal

1. Non-Formal Technical Education: The main goal of this centre is for non-formal technical education. As the centre had more than sufficient space for organizing different short-term skill development programs with the construction of the new building, the centre began net-working with DB Tech for training the rural youth for three months. They were trained in various multi-skill programs.. Bro. Abraham Pandyamackal is the in-charge of this program. At present there are programs such as tailoring, electrician and welding going on.