Summer Project, 2020

Over the last eight years, our annual summer project has proven to be a great help to maintaining the two campuses of our parish. This year our project goal is different in that we are proposing a “two-year plan” since we are eyeing two necessary and rather costly upgrades:

• the replacement of the school boiler and
• the air conditioning units of St. Anthony Church.

Both have reached an “age” that require extensive repairs and the parts needed to make them are very difficult to obtain or no longer available. We have been advised that it would be wiser to replace them. New units would be energy efficient.

Our finance and pastoral councils have endorsed the idea of dedicating funds of both the 2020 & 2021 Summer Projects to help finance these expensive and necessary projects. Funds raised over the next two years will be set aside until the work must be done.

In past years, I suggested a gift of $100 but I realize many parishioners are dealing with financial hardships in this COVID-19 time. Any gift you can make would be most welcome. The appeal runs from July 1 through September 1. In the next few weeks, you should receive details of the appeal in the mail.