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Stewardship - A Look Back & A Hopeful Future
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We hope you had a chance to visit our Ministry Fair and Oktoberfest last weekend. Perhaps also the rain that drove our event indoors gave you an opportunity to see our Parish Center and cafeteria. The Parish Center was the final construction phase of our Capital Campaign, which was our collective confident vote in the future vitality of our parish.
At a time like this it is reassuring to hear the words of Monsignor Dolan, who became our pastor in 1934 during the Great Depression, in his 1950 fundraising message for that building. His words have a powerful message for us today:
“There was a time, not so very long ago, when a project like our present one would have been far beyond any hope of realization for this parish.
It is only 15 years since Queen of All Saints Parish was housed in a little portable church in a barren stretch of prairie-with a little group of only 43 families.
The physical evidence of our growth is, of course, plain to see.
We now have nearly 1,000 families instead of 43.
We now have substantial, modern buildings, and we own all the land we shall need for years to come.
But there is something else, something less tangible, though far more real, which is a better measure of Queen of All Saints Parish strength.In this parish, year after year, there has been evidence of never-failing determination and courage, far beyond the ordinary levels.
Here, time after time, problems that would stagger most parishes have been met instantly and overcome in a flash.
Whatever the parish has needed in personal effort, in loyal cooperation, or in money, has always been provided spontaneously - without urging.
When we have incurred necessary debts, you have always been impatient to clear them quickly. Having cleared them, you have never hesitated to jump right in and assume new ones. There has, somehow, been a sort of magic about your willingness to work and to give to the great project of building the parish of your dreams.”
Our parish went on to complete those projects and then the biggest project of all, the magnificent church
building where you received this bulletin. As beneficiaries of this heritage we have a special obligation to maintain and enhance our parish for ourselves and for those who come after us.
Thank you for all you do for our parish!
