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AN END OF THE YEAR APPEAL
At the end of the year, many of us give regular donations to our favorite charities and special projects we want to support. Would you consider the following request? We seven Dominican friars in Raleigh, North Carolina, besides having our regular ministries, reach out and donate our time to a variety of communities in need. We also tithe and support local appeals for the hungry and homeless. Furthermore, members of our community do ministries with very little recompense. For example. Fr. Bert Ebben, OP, spends three months with us and three months in Africa where he works among the poor and refugees from southern Sudan, Ethiopia and Uganda. The key group of refugees are "child soldiers" in their home countries. He has initiated a rural development project called "Care for the Earth," to teach sustainable farming methods to peasant farmers.
"First Impressions is a free weekly preaching ministry. In the past I have received thank you notes, the promise of prayers and donations for this service. Thank you. If, at this Christmas/end-of-the-year time, you can financially support this ministry and the other works of our community, we would appreciate it. In our chapel we have a list of people we pray for daily. If you would like us to add a name, please let us know. And pray for us, as we do for you.
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"First Impressions"
Dominican Friars of Raleigh
P.O. Box 12927
Raleigh, NC 27605
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SUPPORT THE INTERNET PREACHING OF THE WORD
This preaching website provides reflections on the scripture readings for preachers and laity preparing for Sunday liturgy.
"First Impressions" is available in two forms:
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It is mailed weekly directly to our list of subscribers (Over 9,000 email recipients alone!)
The reflections are posted a week in advance so as to give plenty of time for preaching preparation, for scripture groups and laity who want to prepare for Sunday worship.
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"Homilías Dominicales" is in Spanish (900 email recipients alone!) and is similar to "First Impressions." Five Dominicans (two sisters and three friars) take turns writing these reflections.
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"First Impressions, Volume II" (1,500 email recipients alone!) is submitted by generous contributors who share reflections on the Sunday readings from their unique perspectives as lay and ordained leaders.
These three preaching resources are also posted on this webpage and other Dominican preaching pages. This service is free to whomever wishes it. For example, we frequently get feedback from throughout the world, especially from those who do not have access to preaching resources or cannot afford to buy them.
If you would like to contribute to this ministry of God's Word you can do it in two ways:
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Thank you... and blessings on your preaching.
Jude Siciliano, OP
Promoter of Preaching
Southern Dominican Province, USA
