An Urgent Message from Father Pat

My Dear Beloved Parishioners,

This is an update from the parish. Our parish is in trouble, and I need your help. Right now, we are trying to pay off the loan for the building of our parish center. Those payments are monthly and they take out a chunk of change from our day-to-day budgeting. We estimate that we will pay off the loan in a couple of more years. Right now, we don’t have a lot of capital to run the parish. If our back is to the wall, as a last resort, we might have to let some of our staff go. Our plan right now is to rebuild our air conditioning system because it is struggling. To help us, we have asked the parish to donate some money so we can cover the costs. The donations have basically dried up. I am disappointed because so many of you told me that you would help us by making a contribution. We are not hitting our target. That might mean we have to take out another loan. That could mean that we will have to pay off two loans from the Diocese. We were told that the estimates for the building of the air conditioning system would be in the region of $1.5 million dollars. We have been told now that the best estimate so far is around the $2 million mark. That means that money will be very tight. We have set aside savings for a rainy day. It looks like we might have to dip into them, which means, that God forbid anything dramatic happens in the future, we will not have the money to deal with an emergency. You love the parish. If you can, please could you help us.

 

With love, 
Fr. Pat