Dear Parishioners, School Families & Friends of Immaculate Heart of Mary,

Over fifty years ago, in 1947, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish was founded in order to meet the growing needs of this community. Today, we are called on to respond to new challenges and the current needs of our parish and community.

“Building Our Vision” serves as our response to a unique opportunity and the challenge to build new facilities to better serve our parish and school, provide Catholic education scholarships for future generations, and serve the elderly. Certainly, our parish cannot stand idle in the face of these challenges. We are compelled to act!

I invite all parishioners, school parents and friends in the community to join us in prayer and sacrifice to bring about the success of this project. We have been blessed many times over since the founding of our parish. We also know that because of the many good works of our church family, God will continue to bless us. Your generous support will help us celebrate God?s goodness to us as individuals as well as members of this caring Catholic community.

Sincerely yours in Christ,

/s/ Fr. Jim MacDonald, [Former] Pastor

Updates (PDF format): November, 2000
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THE CAMPAIGN LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE

Joe Andreano, Brian Burns, Alina Gomez, Rey Gomez, Hank Jacquemet, Fr. Jim MacDonald, Ed Morey, Jack Murray, Marie Murray, Tom Neary, Gloria Oswald, Dennis Pettinelli, Gary Sanders, Marianne Severe

“Building Our Vision” is a capital campaign program of extraordinary relevance in the life of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. It is an affirmation of our commitment to mission and ministry. We are proud to be a part of this exciting program.

We know that the parishioners of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish will do all that they can to further the ministry of the church and to offer services to the parishioners and the greater community we serve. We therefore ask every parishioner to join us in support of this campaign.

/s/ Campaign Leadership Committee
September 15, 1999

A Legacy of Quality Ministries and Services

Immaculate Heart of Mary has been serving its parishioners with quality ministries and services in an atmosphere of spirituality and love since its establishment on September 19, 1947, by Archbishop John J. Mitty. Today the story of Immaculate Heart of Mary continues to be the story of a people, their deeds, and of great spiritual accomplishments. It is the story of a parish community growing together in faith, working together in hope, and worshipping together in love.

On June 22, 1958, Father John J. Kenny (later Monsignor), the second pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary, celebrated the first Sunday Mass in the new parish church. The new church flourished on the lush grounds of what had once been St. Joseph’s Academy.

Today, under the leadership of Fr. MacDonald, with the assistance of Fr. Healy, nearly 2288 families call IHM their spiritual home. 300 children attend our school, which provides Catholic education for grades Kindergarten through eight.

Much has happened to our parish over the years: natural wear and tear on our facilities, changes in how we teach our people, the introduction of new liturgical guidelines, and, most important, our willingness to continually search for and respond to new challenges and needs in our parish and community. Throughout it all, the one constant remains Immaculate Heart of Mary has served us well and, with these improvements, will continue to do so.

Among the many manners in which we interact with our community are:

• Adult Religious Education
• Knights of Columbus
• Alter Servers
• Liturgy of the Hours
• Altar Society
• Lectors/Proclaimers
• Liturgy Committee
• Baptism Preparation
• Marriage Preparation
• Bible Study
• Parish Council
• Childcare & Little Peoples’ Church
• Praise Hymn Children’s Choir
• 1st Communion and 1st Reconciliation
• RCIA
• Children's Liturgy of the Word
• RENEW
• Choir & Music
• Re-Membering-Returning Catholics
• Eucharistic Minister
• Sandwiches on Sunday
• Finance Board
• Small Christian Communities
• Flower Committee
• St. Vincent De Paul Society
• Folk Music Group
• Senior Transportation Group
• Health Ministry-Bereavement
• Young Adult Ministry
• Hospitality Minister (Ushers)
• Youth Ministry and Confirmation
• Homebound
• Welcoming Committee
• Junior High Choir
• Social Club

Our Vision

Since 1947, Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish has served us well. With an unrelenting commitment to our dynamic parish family, IHM has grown and changed to accommodate the needs of our parishioners.

To adequately plan for the future, the Parish Building Committee has carefully assessed the needs of our parish. Immaculate Heart of Mary is a very active parish, and because of this we are experiencing a strain on our existing facilities. It has been determined that our parish and school are both in need of additional space for a variety of uses - ministry, education/athletic, and social. Specifically, we propose to address these needs by:

• Constructing a multi-purpose building of approximately 9,800 square feet to house:
  • 5,000 square foot basketball court (90% of high school size) with cushioned athletic flooring and room for 150 person perimeter seating, wall mounted retractable basketball backstops.
  • 1,600 square foot day care room for 80 students, intercom, fire alarm, security, CATV.
  • 1,200 square foot Kindergarten with separate lavatory (to be completed at later date).
  • 550 square foot stage with disability access, sound system and projection screen.
  • 500 square foot meeting room with service counter with sink, telephone, and projection screen.
  • 250 square foot professional kitchen with service for up to 400 people.
  • 800 remaining square feet will accommodate men's and women's restrooms, storage and vestibule.
• Constructing a new rectory of approximately 2,460 square feet to house:
  • Pastor's living room/study, bedroom/bath suite.
  • Associate Pastor's living room/study, bedroom/bath suite
  • Guest bedroom/bath suite.
  • Dining room.
  • Kitchen/laundry/bathroom.

Archdiocesan Endowment for Catholic Education Assessment

Our confidence in undertaking this building program is founded on the demonstrated support of parishioners in the planning of this project and input gathered from many of you on the need and appropriateness of this expansion. These findings were further supported by the opportunity to cooperatively develop a portion of our campus as an assisted living facility for the elderly at no cost to the parish. Under this agreement, the Archdiocese has negotiated a 50-year lease with a base rent of $200,000 per year coming to Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. Under this plan the old parish hall will be demolished. In its place the developer will build and operate the new facility. This entrepreneurial arrangement will provide increased annual income to the parish to complete temporarily deferred aspects of the building program, such as completion of the kindergarten classroom, the renovation of the existing rectory into offices and meeting rooms, as well as improvements to the church in regard to accessibility.

The Cost

Multipurpose Center
Recreational/Social Room	$774,781
Stage	89,102
Day Care After School Room	114,531
Rest Rooms	91,212
Kitchen and Storage	71,153
Mechanical Room	18,865
Lobby and Corridor	44,838
Construction Total:	$1,204,482
Site, Project, Contingency and Escalation Factor Estimates	$ 663,207
Multipurpose Center Project Total:	$1,867,689

Rectory
Demolition	$ 4,671
Pastor's Suite	60,038
Associate Pastor's Suite	51,460
Guest Suite	53,103
Dining Room, Kitchen/Laundry/Restroom	75,043
Entry Vestibule and Corridor	22,651
Construction Total:	$266,966
Site, Project, Contingency and Escalation Factor Estimates	$135,341
Rectory Project Total:	$402,307

Archdiocesan Endowment for Catholic Education Assessment	$189,000
Total:	$2,458,996