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For Immediate Release: Thursday,January 5, 2006

Contact: Mary Donahue
Mary Donahue Music
Catholic Inpirational Music
15527 NW Crane Street
Andover, MN 55304
763.783.0013
www.marydonahue.com

Catholic Song Writer Mary Donahue to hold Concerts For Nuns

Minneapolis, Minnesota (January 5, 2006)
Singer and song writer Mary Donahue (www.marydonahue.com) , who has spent her adult life creating lyrics and music that teach the truths of the Gospel as the Catholic Church teaches it, is now announcing a tour to help build a retreat center for Catholic Nuns called St. Francis Lodge(www.stfrancislodge.org).

Mary is hoping that Catholics will participate in sending a message to current and future generations that "We need to help the Nuns preach the Gospel by providing a place of peace and prayer where they can go to recharge their souls. St. Francis Lodge is a place where that can happen."

St. Francis Lodge was founded by Sal and Beth Di Leo in 1999. 51-year-old Sal Di Leo, who was raised by the Franciscan Sisters in an orphanage in Joliet, Illinois, back in the 1960's, explains. "My life is an incredible example of what the love of those Nuns can do for someone. My life has turned out great. I am indebted to the Nuns and I just wish to give back."

Mary Donahue is asking Catholic Churches to sponsor a St. Francis Lodge "Hot Dog Feed and Concert" to help raise funds for this wonderful project. Just call Mary Donahue at 763.783.0013 to see if your parish can host a "Concert For The Nuns."

Currently, the Margaret Manley Memorial Chapel at St. Francis Lodge is being built and we are still in need of $50,000 more to comlpete the project (see www.salsbook.com/lodge_chapel.htm for construction pictures).

For more information, contact Mary Donahue at 763.783.0013. or via e-mail at Mary@marydonahue.com.

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