A reader writes:<\/p>\n
I hope you\u2019re keeping well! I\u2019m writing because I wanted to let you know about some religious sisters (Sisters of the Immaculata) in Tasmania, Australia who are currently trying to raise money to buy land for a convent. They need to raise $295,000 (Australian, so slightly less in US dollars haha) by March 21, which is less than a week away!<\/p>\n
So far they have raised over $32,000 thanks to school teachers, students, priests and other people big and small who have been pitching in to help out.<\/p>\n
The Sisters do some really amazing work in evangelisation, forming young people and reviving the Church here in Australia. It\u2019s because of their work that I began taking my faith much more seriously, and I know that many hearts have been touched by them.<\/p>\n
They\u2019re trying to raise money through a GoFundMe page, which you can find at https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/sistersoftheimmaculataconvent<\/a>. Most of the information about the Sisters is there, but you can also find out more about them at their website: http:\/\/www.sistersoftheimmaculata.org.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Anyway, I thought this might be of interest to you and your followers. If you can help promote this, that would be wonderful :).<\/p>\n
Thank you for your work and God bless!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I am so sorry I missed this and hope that this very late post will still be of help to them.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been tied up with taxes and not watching my mail.\u00a0 I\u2019m sorry!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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