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October 20, 1930 - August 11, 2017

Dear Friends of Fr. Francis,

          August 11 marks the first anniversary of Fr. Francis’ death to this life and transition to the next. Amidst the sadness of his passing from this life, and us, we rejoice that Fr. Francis fought the good fight, finished the race, and kept the faith (Cf 2 Timothy 4:7).

          We can well imagine the Lord’s saying to him, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant…Come and share your master’s happiness!’ (Matthew 25:21) Fr. Francis lived a rich life of priestly ministry, service, scholarship, and teaching. In 2010 he founded The Word Proclaimed Institute (WPI) with the goal of making his lifetime of biblical scholarship available to all who desire to know the Lord more deeply through Bible reflection. But we need your help to keep the Fr. Francis’ work available on the internet at www.thewordproclaimed.org or YouTube. Depending of funds, we hope to complete a WPI web project to automate Father’s video commentary to the church liturgical years to the calendar.

         Can you help? To honor Fr. Francis’ good work and enable him to continue to help others know and learn Christ through scripture, please make a tax deductible donation (via check to address below OR ) to The Word Proclaimed Institute.

Thank you and God bless you!

BobSig T

Robert M. McCambridge
for the Word Proclaimed Institute

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The Word Proclaimed Institute
P.O. Box 2235
Montgomery Village, Maryland 20886-2235

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The Word Proclaimed Institute extends heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Mr. Greg Pfundstein and the entire Chiaroscuro Foundation for their generous donation to WPI as a cornerstone founder to support WPI’s efforts to assist priests, deacons, and seminarians in deepening the Scriptural foundation of their preaching.

The foundation, named for its “aspiration to reflect God’s light in an often dark world, “ is “committed to the fundamental values of life, liberty and justice.” Read more about them here.

And Thank You to all those who, like the Chiaroscuro Foundation, have so generously contributed to WPI’s vision and mission.  Your continued support is what makes our ministry possible! 

Welcome to The Word Proclaimed Institute Online! Fr. Francis Martin is pleased to offer several levels of service to those interested in deepening their experience of The Word.

  • Free resources are available to visitors with no user registration required. This includes weekly reflections on the scriptures for the upcoming Sunday in the Roman Catholic liturgy.
  • Additional free resources are available to visitors who create a user account, including access to libraries of materials offered for a limited time to non-registered visitors (see login form to the left).
  • A weekly newsletter listing the availability of new materials is available for those who register specifically for the newsletter (signup form is below the login form to the left).
  • The online store offers materials for sale, books authored and/or edited by Fr. Francis Martin, and audio talks, both recent and from his 50 years as a member of the Roman Catholic clergy.

This ministry subsists on the generosoty of it's members. Please remember us in your annual offerings so that we might continue assisting the body of the faithful in deepening their faith and experience of The Word.