Building Fund

Michael Sauter
Diocesan Director
Department of Pastoral Services
585-328-3228 ext. 1337
[email protected]

Total Paid Out Since Inception

Over $2.5 Million

History

In 2001, the Parish Building Fund was instituted as an annual expression of stewardship and shared responsibility to help those parishes that, because of aging building or catastrophic misfortune, must bear the financial burden of unusual structural repairs or renovation.  Its goal is to ensure that even our struggling parishes are able to have worship spaces that are maintained in accordance to our liturgical guidelines.

Sometimes this is referred to as the 1% Parish Building Fund.  This stems from the recommended parish contribution of 1% of their savings.  To date over $2.5M has been collected and disbursed to our neediest parishes for projects that would be difficult for them to fund by themselves.

Process

During 2016, several revisions were made to the process of soliciting both projects and funds.  It was determined that it made more sense to choose the projects first so parishes would know what the projects to which they are contributing.  To help in this endeavor, we enlisted the assistance of key personnel from donor parishes.  Now the annual process goes like this:

September      Solicit parishes for projects where assistance is needed

November       Committee of Parish and Diocesan personnel chooses the projects to be funded

December       Solicit funds from parishes to support the chosen projects

April                 Start to disburse funds for projects as they are completed

 

Projects Selected for Funding in 2018

Parish Name	Location	Project Description	Approx Cost	Committee Recom-mendation
St. Katharine Drexel	Macedon	Painting interior of church, sanctuary, foyer, entrances, side rooms, balcony, sacristy and office	19,783	9,892
Blessed Trinity	Wolcott	Parish Kitchen renovation at St. Mary Magdalene Church, Wolcott	10,903	5,452
St. Joseph the Worker	Clyde	Flat roof replacement on St. John Rectory	6,975	3,488
		Four side shingle roof replacement at St. John School	13,475	6,738
		Fire security system at St. John Church	11,950	5,975
		Painting exterior trim and windows at St. Michael's Church	16,495	8,248
Mary, Mother of Mercy	Interlaken	Sacristy renovations at St. Francis Solanus	27,500	13,750
St. Matthew	Livonia	Replace existing tiles in Community Room, Kitchen and small conference room -- safety concern	18,000	9,000
St. Agnes	Avon	Church Bell Tower and Chimney restoration and repointing of bricks on church	152,560	76,280
St. John Vianney	Bath	Replace electrical wiring of parish rectory/office at St. Mary's	2,750	1,375
		Replace boiler at St. Gabriel's Church	8,500	4,250
		Replace roof at St. Mary's Church *	60,000	20,000
		Extensive masonry repairs at both St. Mary's & St. Gabriel's *	343,800
St. Frances X. Cabrini	Rochester	Slate roof repairs at St. Michael's not covered by insurance	20,028	10,014
			Amount recommended:	174,460
	* $20,000 funding to be used to defray administrative costs of a capital campaign

Source of Funds for 2018 Projects

Parish Contributions                        $164,252            from 57 parishes

Underruns from prior year                  38,648

Total Amount Available for 2018   $202,900