{"id":30,"date":"2021-11-17T22:52:01","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T22:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/?post_type=front-matter&#038;p=30"},"modified":"2021-11-18T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:31:00","slug":"marten-endowment-a-gift-for-preaching","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/front-matter\/marten-endowment-a-gift-for-preaching\/","title":{"raw":"Marten Endowment: A Gift for Preaching","rendered":"Marten Endowment: A Gift for Preaching"},"content":{"raw":"The homiletics program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology has long focused on excellence in proclaiming the Word of God.\r\n\r\nFor decades, major support for the homiletics program has come from Virginia Marten and her late husband, John, of Indianapolis.\r\n\r\nThe John S. and Virginia Marten Homiletics Endowment has supported a fulltime homiletics professor, classrooms and preaching chapels, curriculum resources, professional development, and the annual Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop.\r\n\r\nThe Martens\u2019 dedication and support have ensured that seminarians and permanent deacon candidates develop the strong skills in communications and homiletics that will be essential throughout their ministry.\r\n\r\nThousands of alumni have benefitted from the vision of homiletic excellence that is shared by Saint Meinrad and the Marten family. We continue to be most grateful for their generosity.\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_32\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"236\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of John S. Marten\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" \/> John S. Marten[\/caption]\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_31\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"233\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/virginia-marten-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Virginia S. Marten\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" \/> Virginia S. Marten[\/caption]","rendered":"<p>The homiletics program at Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology has long focused on excellence in proclaiming the Word of God.<\/p>\n<p>For decades, major support for the homiletics program has come from Virginia Marten and her late husband, John, of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n<p>The John S. and Virginia Marten Homiletics Endowment has supported a fulltime homiletics professor, classrooms and preaching chapels, curriculum resources, professional development, and the annual Marten Homiletics Lecture and Workshop.<\/p>\n<p>The Martens\u2019 dedication and support have ensured that seminarians and permanent deacon candidates develop the strong skills in communications and homiletics that will be essential throughout their ministry.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of alumni have benefitted from the vision of homiletic excellence that is shared by Saint Meinrad and the Marten family. We continue to be most grateful for their generosity.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32\" style=\"width: 236px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-32\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-236x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of John S. Marten\" width=\"236\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-804x1024.jpg 804w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-768x978.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-65x83.jpg 65w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-225x286.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten-350x446.jpg 350w, https:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/JohnSMarten.jpg 1004w\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John S. Marten<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_31\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-31\" src=\"http:\/\/pressbooks.palni.org\/martenlecturesvol1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/11\/virginia-marten-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"Image of Virginia S. 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