...that we will be painting the facades of the main entrance and the Divine Mercy Chapel?

In the rush to complete the new church in time for the Dedication on 18 June 2006, several small decorative details were left unfinished. The cast stone architectural facades were meant to have some detail painting done, and large Spanish Colonial-style lanterns installed on the north and south facades. (The lanterns are now being crafted and will be installed sometime this summer.)

NEXT SATURDAY, 25 MAY, beginning at 7:00 AM, we will, with volunteer help, paint the details of the facades!

You may have noticed that the east entrance (St. Michael’s Chapel) façade was painted last week – really as a ‘test’ as to the colors that will be used. As a result of that experiment, it has been determined by the Building Committee – with some guidance from our architect, Hank Krzysik, -- to paint the columns a rich red-brown, which will align them in color with the brick columns which hold up the porches around the campus; the large Moorish star windows will be trimmed with oxblood red and yellow; and the four niches for the saints will be painted the cornmeal/yellow – which is the color of the stucco on the walls. The “fish” finials will be given a light blue/green color; and, the grout on the entablatures will be painted terra cotta to make them appear as one piece!

While some of the painting will need to be done from a scissor-lift and boom, as well as ladders, some of the painting could be done by volunteers on the ground (or close to it!)

If you have the time and interest – please consider donating a couple of hours next Saturday and join our Knights of Columbus,  Building Committee, and Maintenance Staff, to complete the decoration of the church in time for our ‘Mortgage Burning Celebration’ on 8 June!

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This past week, we received $894.00 in donations to our Building Fund, which paid-off the construction loan on our new church and which is now being used for maintenance projects on our large (and aging) Parish Campus!

Thank you for your extraordinary generosity – we will celebrate that generosity at the Celebration to “Burn the Mortgage” on 8 June!