Luisi Family Visits the Mission Center as they prepare to serve in Albania
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Luisi Family Visits the Mission Center as they prepare to serve in Albania
May 16, 2006
Orthodox Christian Mission Center, St. Augustine, FL – The Mission
Center was blessed to welcome Constance, Dennis and Domenico Luisi to
St. Augustine during the week of May 9th – May 12th as they made final
preparations to serve as OCMC missionaries in Albania.
Dennis and Constance are both converts to Orthodoxy. Constance became
Orthodox in 1988 with her family, Fr. Patrick and Kh. Denise Reardon and
her brother, Jeremy. Dennis converted with his whole parish in 1992.
They married in February 1999 and were blessed by the birth of their
son, Domenico, in June 2000.
For twelve years, Dennis has been the choir director at All Saints
Orthodox Church in Chicago where he also taught Sunday School and
assisted with facilities management. He has experience in multiple
trades including carpentry, plumbing, HVAC and electrical maintenance.
Constance has also been a choir director, as well as Sunday School
Director and teacher. She earned her BA in French and German language
and literature and enjoys being a chanter, composing and arranging
music.
During their brief visit to the Mission Center, the staff was able to
enjoy the presentation that the Luisi’s have been giving to parishes
around the country. As a wonderfully cogged wheel, Dennis and Constance
worked as a team as they presented historical information on Albania
beginning with the first centuries, through the establishment of the
nation, through the coming of Communism and the persecution of religion
and finally to the modern revival of the Orthodox Church,
Once their fundraising is complete the Luisi family will depart as OCMC
missionaries to Albania. Their primary task will be to work with
children’s choirs, first in Tirana and then throughout the country. The
Luisis will also explore other ways their varied gifts and talents can
be put to use for the glory of God in rebuilding the Church in Albania.
In their last few months before they depart for Albania, they will be
visiting various parishes to speak about missions and raise the support
for their ministry.
We ask for your continued prayers for the Constance, Dennis and
Domenico. Funds to help support the Luisi Family can be sent to the
Orthodox Christian Mission Center, designated for the “Luisi Family” in
the memo line, to P.O. Box 4319, St. Augustine, FL 32085-4319. To find
out more about the Mission Center’s missionaries, visit www.ocmc.org. or
contact us at missionaries@ocmc.org.
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