July 2008

 Dear Friends:

 It is with words of gratitude that I wish to bring you up to date on our building project to build a new church facility on Alder Drive.

 It is only less than two years that I signed documents on behalf of the Parish to acquire the land donation (eight acres) from East West Partners Inc.  In July of 2007 the Parish conducted a feasibility study to undertake a Capital Campaign which we initiated in September 2007.  With the generosity of our many parishioners and friends and the hard work of our many volunteers, since the initiation of our Campaign “Sharing our Faith – Building our Future” we have raised over $1,900,000.00 of our starting goal of $2,000,000.00.

 I have also established a Parish Building Committee to shepherd our project that at some point will become our new spiritual home. From the very beginning the members of this committee have been at work with our Architects Ward-Young to create a building that will accommodate our needs now and in the future and that will be beautiful and feasible. Since the beginning, the drawings were conceptual pending recommendations and approval of the diocese and there have been several revisions that I hope will be finalized in the near future. Once finalized, our committee can then present them to our parish community before we seek formal approval from the Town of Truckee and before construction will commence.

 Our endeavors to initiate the construction of a new church and parish center has been a long process, but the generosity and good will of all involved gives me confidence that the work on which we embarked is the work of the Lord. My words of thanks and gratitude to all for what we have accomplished thus far and words of prayer for all that we are to do.

 With God’s Blessings,

 Fr. Stanley