​​Dear Friends in Christ,

​I am excited to introduce to You our "To Teach Who Christ Is" Campaign and our campaign leaders. "To Teach Who Christ Is" Campaign is an effort to strengthen the parishes and the schools and education programs of the Archdiocese for years to come.

The "To Teach Who Christ Is" Campaign is our biggest campaign - ever! After three years, a total of $350 million ($250 million by parishes and $100 million by major donors) will be raised. We reached and surpassed our goal ($242M) in the Millennium Campaign; we can do it again! As you may have heard , over $82 million is major gifts has been raised already . This is a fantastic beginning.

Sixty percent, or more, of the funds we raised during the campaign will go to the parishes and forty percent of the gifts given will go to strengthen Catholic Education and all the educational endeavors of our parishes through:

Scholarship Fund ($150M), Capital Projects at Catholic Schools ($30M), Program Enhancements at Catholic Schools ($8M), Strengthening Religious Education ($10M), and "Next Generation" Religious Education Programs ($2M).

Because of the urgent need to repair our church, we have been granted permission that the first funds from the Campaign will go towards our renovation. We will be using our gifts to strengthen our parish by:

Project 1 - The new church roof

Project 2 - New lighting system

Project 3 - New flooring

As we begin "To Teach Who Christ Is", I encourage You to:

Inform yourselves of our parish and archdiocesan goals;

Pray daily for our parish leadership, for responsive hearts and for a successful campaign;

Say "yes" to your fellow parishioners when You are invited to serve.

"To Teach Who Christ Is" will change hearts, lives, families and our parish - if we pray and work at this together!

Your in Christ,

Fr. Rich Milek, Pastor