St. Jerome Parish Family and Friends,

The renovation of our St. Jerome Parish Hall and Gymnasium during the last two years has been exciting and gratifying. We truly are seeing a wonderful historic renovation take place, a restoration made possible through the generosity of so many St. Jerome Parish families. It is nothing less than an “extreme makeover” which has been gifted by our parishioners and friends! This great project was planned and undertaken to commemorate the 60th Anniversary of St. Jerome Parish, which we observed in September 2009. The title of our campaign and project is, Preserving Our Past – Building Our Future.

 

During this coming summer 2011, we hope to inaugurate the Second Phase of this Anniversary Project by beginning the renovation of the School portion of our parking area and grounds. This restoration will provide a safer area for the children to utilize for play and physical education classes, and will include new lighting, asphalt repaving, and renovation of the fence and landscaping along the south side of the parking lot. Then in the following summer 2012, we will hope to complete the final phase of the project in restoring the parking area nearest to the church, including improvements to the eastern perimeter of the parish property adjacent to La Tijera Avenue.

The total cost of the Anniversary project is $3,727,535. The Parish Hall and Gymnasium portion of cost was $2,727,535. The gifts and donations received to date have totaled $2,423,234, which was not quite sufficient to complete the Hall and Gymnasium work. Our remaining pledges, to be completed by October 2012, total $1,063,742. We applied for a loan in July 2010 of $371,850 to complete the restoration of the Parish Hall/Gymnasium.

We trust each family will do their best to complete their pledge to this renovation during the coming two years. We will be deeply appreciative of families who have not yet made a pledge to consider helping us complete this historic improvement for St. Jerome Parish. Each pledge or one-time gift will bring us closer to our goal and our dream.

We take pride at St. Jerome in the wonderful growth in our parish life and exemplary Catholic education we have offered for now more than 61 years! St. Jerome parish continues to grow both in number of families and in participation in ministry. With the generous help of each parish family, our facilities and infrastructure will keep pace with the needs of our community. May God bless each and every family of St. Jerome Parish!

Sincerely yours in Christ,

Msgr. Norman Priebe