The Holy Family Renovation and Renewal Project

Our Guidance in Giving consultant.

Kim Burns, our Guidance in Giving (GIG) campaign director, has done a fantastic job organizing our capital campaign, training our volunteers and cheering our parish towards success.  As planned, her last day in the parish office will be Friday, October 31, after which she will move on to organize another campaign.  We will miss Kim’s professionalism and can-do spirit and wish her many blessings.  She has prepared our volunteer leaders to continue the effort and, along with local GIG staff Joe Neville, will be available to us for consulting.

Campaign statements and tracking will be handled through the Diocese, and monthly reminders have begun for those with a monthly pledge schedule. If you have questions about the campaign or how to pledge, please call the parish office at 526-5783. 

The “Our Faith, Our Family” capital campaign’s amazing success continues!  We have received pledges totaling nearly $1.8 million toward our goal of $2.5 million to renew our church and school.  This progress is outstanding, but we’re not finished yet.

We are asking for every parish family to participate in the campaign and to continue to pray for its success.  Remember, equal sacrifice does not mean equal giving, and every contribution counts.   Pledge envelopes are available in the pews and can be returned in the Offertory or dropped by the parish office.

Special thanks to our tireless campaign volunteers who continue to reach out by phone and in person to share the exciting campaign plans with parishioners. 

If you have questions about the campaign or about the many ways you can participate, please call the office at 526-5783.  

If you haven’t registered yet to attend a campaign reception, please RSVP by returning your invitation to the Holy Family office as soon as possible (you can also drop it into the collection basket at Mass). These informal gatherings provide a wonderful opportunity for you to learn more about our exciting campus renovation project, ask questions, and find out ways you can become involved. Every parishioner is asked to please attend a reception. (Don’t worry – you won’t be asked to return a pledge card at the receptions.)

If you’ve lost your invitation, Click here to print out a response card, or you can RSVP by calling the Campaign Office at 727-526-5783 ext. 12.

Upcoming Reception Dates:

Tuesday, September 9 @ 7:00pm in the School Dining Room

Wednesday, September 10 @ 3:00pm in Diffley Hall

Wednesday, September 10 @ 7:00pm in Diffley Hall

Thursday, September 11 @ 2:00pm in Diffley Hall

Monday, September 15 @ 1:00pm in Diffley Hall

Monday, September 15 @ 7:00pm in Diffley Hall

Thursday, September 18 @ 7:00pm in Diffley Hall

We will also be holding receptions on Saturday, September 20th after the 5:00pm Mass, and Sunday, September 21st after the 7:30am, 9:00am and 11:00am Masses.

If you have any questions about the “Our Faith, Our Family” Campaign, please call our on-site campaign director, Kim Burns at 727-526-5783.

We’re happy to announce that Kim Burns, our fundraising consultant from Guidance in Giving, will be working onsite at Holy Family through the fall to help ensure our capital campaign meets its goals. She has worked for Guidance in Giving for nine years and has helped numerous churches including St. Patrick (Largo), Espiritu Santo (Safety Harbor), Our Lady of the Rosary (Land O’Lakes), as well as the Diocese of St. Petersburg during the “Our Journey in Faith Diocesan Campaign”, raise the capital to complete important construction and stewardship projects.

Your Renovation and Renewal Steering committee is excited to be working with Herman Construction Services, Inc., who has been selected to guide us through the construction planning and building process and have been working diligently with our architect and committee over the summer.

Herman Construction has extensive experience with church building projects including the Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School in Hudson, the Bishop Larkin Pastoral Center in St. Pete, Clearwater Central Catholic’s White Family Center for the Arts, and many more high profile projects throughout Florida.

We’re thrilled to have their expertise and partnership as we work to ensure success with our campaign.

We’re excited to announce the theme and beautiful new logo for our capital campaign. The theme for the campaign is “Our Faith, Our Family, Our Commitment to Renewal.” Here’s the beautiful logo:

We think you’ll agree that this theme communicates the warmth and spirit of our congregation and the central importance of Holy Family Parish to our faith life. Thanks to parishioners Jose Villavicencio and Tara Kenyon for developing the artwork for our striking, contemporary logo and campaign materials.

Thank you for subscribing to our campaign blog. We look forward to keeping you up-to-date with all the exciting campaign news, progress and details in the coming months.

You may have noticed flyers posted around the church and included in the bulletin titled “This Old Church - Your Questions Answered.” We will be creating a series of educational flyers that inform our congregation about the many repair and restoration projects that need to be accomplished around both our church and our school.

Our first poster answers the question, “So… what’s going on with the lights? The church always seems a little dark!” Indeed, it seems we have our own “Luminous Mystery” here at Holy Family To download the flyer in pdf format, click here: this-old-church_lights

Thanks for reading this post and for staying up-to-date on the progress of our exciting restoration project!

In addition to providing information on the Holy Family website regarding our new Capital Campaign and Renovation Project, we thought it would be helpful to launch a weblog (”blog”) as well. This blog will help parishioners stay informed of the latest developments regarding this exciting initiative to renovate and remodel our church and school facilities. We think you’ll find this online journal to be a fun, interactive way to get even better connected to Holy Family.

We’ll be adding photos and audio files to this blog so you can see pictures of our progress and hear important announcements or maybe even listen to a sermon or two!

We encourage you to subscribe to this blog so you’ll get notified immediately via email whenever it’s updated with new information. Subscribing is easy. Just click on the “Subscribe to Blog” link in the right sidebar and enter your email address.

Thank you for taking the time to visit your Holy Family weblog. With your active participation and prayers, we’re confident that God will continue to bless us abundantly and help us transform our parish and preserve it as the center of our Catholic community!