Our Spirituality

Our spirituality is to live steadfastly with hope like Christ in total submission to the Father’s will in our personal and communitarian life, and as we accompany the poor and most vulnerable of the world in the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi who dedicated his entire life in service to the lowly.

Our Charism

Our Charism as Franciscan Missionaries of Hope is to accept and live the Mystery of Hope that Christ the Lord lived and taught us to share among ourselves as brothers (Ndugus) and transmit it to the people of God in fidelity to His plan of salvation.

Our Purpose

We seek to bring Hope to God’s people by
means of pastoral counseling through the virtue of hospitality, human solidarity and by preaching the word of God.

Our Mission

Faithful to our Charism and mission of hope, we exercise our ministry of evangelization with an attitude of hospitality in parishes, families, hospitals,pastoral counselling centres, and in response to the
needs of the times.

Our Patrons

The patrons of the Institute are St. Francis of Assisi, St. Clare, St. Bonaventure, St. Anthony of Padua and Our Lady Mother of hope and good Counsel.

Franciscan Missionaries of Hope, ( The Lyke Community)

We seek to bring Hope to God’s people by
means of pastoral counselling through the virtue of hospitality, human solidarity and by preaching the word of God.
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Celebration of Lyke Community Family Day

During Installation of Lectors & Acolytes by Bishop David Kamau

We are A Catholic Religious Missionary clerical Institute of priests and brothers. As Franciscan Missionaries of Hope, we accept and live the Mystery of Hope that Christ the Lord lived and taught us to share among ourselves as brothers and transmit it to the people of God in fidelity to His plan of salvation.

We seek to bring Hope to God’s people by means of pastoral counseling through the virtue of hospitality, human solidarity and by preaching the word of God.

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Donations & Support

We welcome friends, well wishers and benefactors to support us in our Charism and mission of hope in our parish ministries, family ministries, hospitals ministries,  pastoral counselling and in response to various needs of the times.

Your kind Donation will help the training and formation of our  younger brothers and  our brothers in their various ministries of evangelization.

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Support us by Donating

Help Franciscan Missionaries of Hope, (The Lyke Community) by donating today! All your donations will go directly to support our various parish, social ministries and the formation of our younger future priests and brothers.

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WHO WAS FR. ANDRE McGRATH, OFM?

Fr. Andre McGrath, OFM (1940-2018)

Fr. Andre McGrath was born Timothy Joseph McGrath to James William and Helen Rose (Olma) McGrath on April 20, 1940. He was the eldest of six children, four boys (Timothy, Joseph, James, Charles) and two girls (Mary and Theresa).

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VOCATION  DISCERNMENT

Is God Calling you to Priesthood or Brotherhood?

The Franciscan Missionaries of Hope has richness of vocations. This is both a blessing and a challenge. We believe in giving those who meet the recruitment standards a chance to discern their vocation with us.

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Our friends, donors & associates, we know you have a lot of choices when it comes to donating, and we are so grateful that you have chosen to donate to our cause. We promise you our prayers and to be responsible stewards of both your donation and your trust.

Archbishop James P. Lyke

We adopted the name “Lyke Community” to honor, and in memory of, Archbishop James Patterson Lyke of Atlanta, Georgia. His calm demeanor and love became an inspiration to our  founders  who had met him when he visited Nairobi, Kenya.