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Our community is excited to participate alongside all parishes, missions and Catholic centers in the Archdiocese to strengthen and renew our Church for the future. Please continue reading to learn how this campaign will benefit us.
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Our Parish Goal
$530,000
Pledged over 5 years for the Called to Renew Campaign.
Our Parish Receives
$265,000
To renew our parish and strengthen ministries.
Conserving energy by becoming a green parish is important to our community. With Called to Renew funds, we plan to install a 63.3 kw solar system on the school and interconnected parish hall electric meter. The system is projected to save $18,588 in the first year and pay itself back in 9.2 years. Our goal is to expand the system across different buildings on our campus in the future.
Friendship Hall is viewed by many parishioners as a pleasant location where most of our church activities, weekly friendship socials, ministry and group meetings and small events including our Sunday Coffee & Donut gatherings are held. As we prioritize safety and maintenance, we will use Called to Renew funds to install fire protection sprinklers and replace the plumbing. In addition, we will beautify the hall making it more vibrant by replacing the laminated floor with tile which will be easier to maintain.
We are often asked if our sanctuary is under renovation and the reason is, it seems incomplete or simple. The altar is the focal point when we gather inside the church and spiritually the center of our lives. With Called to Renew funds, we will renovate our sanctuary and church by improving the building materials in the Sacristy and Altar, updating furniture, extending the AC/Heat into sacristy, replacing the windows in the sacristy and flower room, and replacing plumbing and fixtures in the church restrooms. The proposed renovations will center us towards our Eucharistic Jesus and make us complete as a community.
Wonderful plans and growth are happening in St. Bernard’s Parish therefore we plan to maximize the use of the Parish Center with renovations. Our plans include renovating the 1st floor of the rectory to convert it to our Parish Center which will house two new offices and one break room for employees. These renovations will improve use of space to be used by the Associate Pastor and Office Manager.
We — the Catholic faithful — are the agents of renewal for Church and society. I am grateful for this opportunity to walk alongside clergy and parishioners in strengthening our parishes and ministries, the heart of our Archdiocese.
Our parishes are more than buildings; they are the spiritual homes for millions in our Archdiocese. Embracing our mission to be a community of praise, worship, and witness, Called to Renew recognizes the vital role of parishes in the day-to- day life of a vibrant Church and is dedicated to meeting their needs.
As Christians, we are called to meet the spiritual and temporal needs of others. Called to Renew provides us with an extraordinary opportunity to expand and enhance our ministries to the most vulnerable among us, so we may walk with the sick and dying as well as with the victims and perpetrators of violent crimes and their families.
The future of our Church is strengthened when men hear and answer the Lord’s call to serve as his shepherds. The Archdiocese is committed to vocations and the formation of our seminarians and clergy, so they may minister with joyful hearts in the years ahead.
Our mission to live in greater communion with God and the Church is carried out through our parish and diocesan schools, religious education and faith formation programs, and our presence on college campuses throughout Southern California.
