Sacred Heart Parish and
School Campus Master Plan Process
Great news: Archbishop Brunett has given his approval for Sacred Heart to start a Capital Campaign which moves us one step closer to implementing our Campus Master Plan! Fr. Pat Ritter, Kathleen Nordlund, Parish Administrator, Kevin Cipoletti, Pastoral Council Chair, and Greg Russell, School Commission Chair, presented our Master Plan to the Archdiocesan Building Committee (ABC) and to the Archdiocesan Parish Revolving Fund (PRF) in November, 2007. Sacred Heart’s proposal has received approval from the Archbishop to move forward with the Master Plan. Sacred Heart has permission to undertake fund-raising to implement the Master Plan.
Next Steps: Beginning in January, 2008, Fund-Raising Consultant firms will be interviewed. Once a firm is chosen, the firm will undertake a study of Sacred Heart Parish and School. The firm will advise the Steering Committee about our Parish and School giving patterns and help set attainable fund-raising goals for individuals and families in our Parish and School Community. Fund-raising will begin in the latter half of 2008.
Target Dates: Summer 2009! Our first Master Plan Priority of ensuring the safety and security of all who come to Sacred Heart includes the demolition of the old (1952) Convent that is currently our Parish Administration Building and the construction of a new Parish Center for Pastoral Services and Administration. Our first priority also includes moving School offices to the School entrance and moving the two middle School classrooms out the parish center and into the School building. It is hoped that construction can begin on Priority One over the summer of 2009. Replacement of the aging School Boiler will be treated as a maintenance issue and will take place over the summer of 2008.
Master Plan Prayer: Lord God, grant that the work we have begun for your greater glory and the service of others may progress day by day to its successful completion. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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