An Exciting Time at Most Sacred Heart!
This is an exciting time to be part of Most Sacred Heart Parish! At our Town Hall, we unveiled the details of our thoroughly discussed—and long-awaited—plans for a new Parish Center and parking lot reconfiguration. Both will help us better meet the needs of our growing parish and continue God’s work here at Most Sacred Heart.
Here are a few highlights from the evening:
A Safer, More Functional Campus
The parking lot reconfiguration will:
- Add 24 parking spaces, with room for more in the future.
- Ease congestion as parishioners arrive and look for parking.
- Eliminate the dangerous turn Fr. Joe calls, ‘Dead Man’s Curve’.
- Create a better route for our Fish Fry drive-through, allowing for more guest parking, fewer traffic backups, and improved safety.
- Move school recesses to the east end of campus, away from the main parking lot and Highway 109.
A Parish Center Built for Our Needs
The new Parish Center will provide:
- A larger kitchen (one and a half times the size of the current Fish Fry house) with running water and convenient access to restrooms.
- A new home for the Parish Office at the front of campus, making it more visible and accessible.
- Additional, much-needed meeting and gathering spaces.
- A safe 24-hour prayer chapel, with security codes and cameras for after-hours visits.
- An outdoor, covered pavilion on the east side of the Parish Center which will likely be used in a hundred different ways.
What Will It Cost?
We also shared the financial scope of this important project:
- Parish Center + Parking Lot Reconfiguration: $7.9 million
- Courtyard: $600,000
- Already raised through gifts, pledges and in-kind donations: $1+ million
- Parish savings committed to the project: $500,000
- Remaining fundraising goal: $7 million
Eventually, we will invite everyone to prayerfully consider how they might financially support this wonderful effort. For now, please give us a little time as we organize the next phase of the campaign and prepare to share more details.
It is indeed an exciting time to be part of Most Sacred Heart! We believe we have listened carefully to God’s guidance throughout the planning of this much-needed initiative. Please pray that we continue to listen—and that this effort will make a great difference for us, through us, and for the world.
You can watch the full Town Hall presentation here:
Questions? Please reach out to Marian Wolaver, Director of Stewardship
stewardship@sacredhearteureka.org • 636-938-5048, ext. 163