ARCH received this letter:

February 18, 2008

 Dear Parishioners,

We have just learned that the St. Vincents Buildings and Grounds committee is making plans to have our 104 year old church and house at the N.W. corner of Auburn and Wallen roads torn down at a cost of over 100 thousand dollars on or about April 15, 2008. What a waste of money. What a shame.

This is not good stewardship and is a waste of our sacrificial giving. We have inspected the church and find it in fairly good condition. It will stand for another 20 or 30 years with little or no costs. The house is in good condition. Take a look for yourself. ARCH is working with the bishop [note: we have contacted the diocese and offered help with finding alternative uses for the building, but have not received a response] to save the beautiful 104 year old landmark. Let’s try to save it.

Please vote for a better solution for the use of our 100 thousand dollars and send it back to Fr. John A.S.A.P.

__1. Tear down the old church and the house and grass in the area at a cost of over 100 thousand dollars.

__2. Save the church and the house. Use the extra 100 thousand dollars to be used for the next several years to provide housing on a temporary basis for the poor and less fortunate. The MASTER gave us this house. We his servants should not bury it. The house should be used.

__3. Save the church and the house. Use the extra 100 thousand dollars to decrease the tuition of our children at St. Vincents school.

__4. Save the church and the house. Use the extra 100 thousand dollars to help the poor. Give the money to Matthew 25.

__5. Save the church and the house. Use the extra 100 thousand dollars to help solve our parking problems at the new church by adding about 200 parking spaces. This can be done by filling in our retention pond at the south end of our new church. Use large tile and stones to fill in the pond and put parking on top like many businesses are doing now.

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Thank You                                  Save the Church committee

posted by Angie