My name is Dave Slezickey. I would like everyone to stand. Please turn your heads to the person in front, behind you, and on your sides and nod at them.
CONGRATULATIONS, we met our Capital Campaign goal! Please give yourself a round of applause.
Thank God for bringing us all together for this project.
I want to thank my team of Sandra Prevost and Nancy Williamson for everything that they contributed to the Capital Campaign. Sandra, Nancy, and myself are so thankful to the parishioners of St. Mary Catholic Church for their financial generosity, your prayers, and your support. I would also like thank Father Henry and Deacon Greg for their continued support, along with Larry Strain and Christa O’Barr for their behind the scenes assistance, along with Zack Zelwak and Rebekah Gonzalez for their specific tasks. Richard Chalk, Steve Dessauer, Todd Palmer, Tony Vu, Quyen Ha, and Ethan Owenby, I thank you for assisting me in distributing almost 100 Pledge Packets to our parishioners.
I am so proud to be a member of St. Mary’s and I trust that you are as well. I ask that you continue to pray for the success of the construction of our Religious Education and Parish Life Center project. We all have ownership with this project. I know a lot of names from our parish and am trying to place a face with the name. If we do not know each other, please introduce yourself to me.
Father sent a letter to Archbishop Hartmayer asking for permission to proceed with our project. Once we receive permission to proceed, we will be working John Schiavone, who is with Catholic Construction Services. They oversee all construction projects in the Archdiocese. He will provide us with additional direction for the project.
I understand the procedure to be as follows:
I would guesstimate that work will start in May or June.
Thank you for your time and God Bless you.
Dave Slezickey.