New Church Building
Dear Faithful of St. John Neumann Parish,
St. John Neumann is a very special parish. Young families, elders, people from across this country, people from around the world, children, and youth: Our greatest resource and treasure are collectively all of us who together strive to be Christ for each other and our neighbor. We have a forty-nine-year history as a parish in the Catholic tradition during which we have grown from worshipping in a nearby middle school to creating one of the finest Catholic schools in the diocese to now having grown into a diverse community of over 2000 families. Further growth is assured as northeast Columbia continues to develop.
For six years, we have been slowly moving toward implementation of our vision for a new church and united campus. It has been through your generosity, sacrifices, and hard work that we have come to this point. Together, our financial giving has brought us to the point of having 70% of the funds needed to pay for the project.
As with all sacrifices made in love, many graces have resulted from the process thus far. We have come to know each other better. Our priorities and vision have been sharpened, and we have grown in faith and trust. Thank you for your sacrifices! And thank God for His mercy and grace!
Now, we are poised to take the final steps to build the church, and we need to raise the final 30% of funds necessary: 3 million dollars more. We know we can accomplish this—we have raised more than this amount in each of our first two campaigns.
I ask you to read and pray about the information in our brochure. After reading it, please make your sacrifice of whatever you can do to help us reach this goal.
Together, we will reach our goal because it is now…
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Scroll down to watch our informative and interesting videos on a variety of subjects on the new church building
Catch up on the latest "Time to Build" news:
SJN Campaign Conversations, click on videos below to watch
#1 with Fr. Sandy McDonald
It's Time to Build! Fr. Sandy invites everyone to share his excitement for the building of our new church and the final campaign to make the dream a reality.
#2 with the Architect
David Wiesendanger, Head Architect with Boudreaux, shares his joy in the final phase of the design and development of the new church.
#3 The Tabernacle Tower
Fr. Sandy explains the placement of the tabernacle tower under the central arch. Our current tabernacle will be incorporated into a beautiful design that will visibly bridge the threshold between the public worship space of the sanctuary and the private prayer space of the Blessed Sacrament chapel.
#4 with Fr. Sandy about
the Current Church
Fr. Sandy explains what will happen to our current church at 100 Polo Road, and to the special statues and objects that have meant so much to us over the past 50 years.
#5 with Fr. Sandy – The Baptismal Font
The baptismal font is the primary symbol of out incorporation into the Body of Christ though the Sacrament of Baptism. Our new font will be a large baptismal pool where we will bless ourselves as we enter, in the same place where our new Catholics, adults and children, will be baptized.
#6 with Fr. Sandy McDonald - The Stations of the Cross
Fr. Sandy shows us one of the Stations of the Cross given to us by Providence Hospital to be installed in our new church. They were carved decades ago by Vincent Demetz in the Demetz Art Studios in Val Gardene, Italy. Interestingly, our Risen Christ and Mary and Joseph in our church were carved in the same studio. See also one of the 16 bronze stations in our current church, which will be installed outside in the garden for an outdoor Way of the Cross.
