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Unity Process History and Accomplishments

  • February, 2000: Fr. Xavier Aresseril died leaving St. Anthony's parish without a pastor.
  • April, 2000: Bishop Mike meets with the St. Anthony parishioners.
  • July 1, 2000: Fr. Joe Muha is appointed pastor of St. Anthony parish as well as pastor of St. Joseph and St. Paul parishes.
  • January, 2001: With two members from each the three existing Pastoral Councils, an ad hoc joint pastoral council was formed. From this joint council came:
  • September, 2001: An ad hoc Unity Committee consisting of two people from each of the 3 parishes was formed. Their task was to brainstorm & discern options for the future of the 3 churches. The following came out of that committee.
    • Coordination of the joint Easter liturgy, tri-parish picnic & other joint community events.
    • Tri-parish Stewardship Committee with 2 members from each church. o Formation of a Property Maintenance Committee made up of experts in areas such as plumbing, electrical, construction, etc. to inspect all the current buildings and provide a report with their recommendations.
    • United Pastoral Council by-laws, especially election guidelines, for a new Tri-Parish Pastoral Council.
    • Two Open Forum meetings (October 17, 2001 & February 20, 2002) for parishioners to voice their concerns and ask questions.
  • August 25, 2001: An official Unity Statement was read at the joint Parish Picnic.
  • March, 2002: The election of a new Tri-Parish Pastoral Council with 3 members elected from each church, one pastor appointee from each church and one alternate from each church.
  • June, 2002: The formation of one Tri-Parish Finance Council. Their task the first year is to monitor the monthly income and expenses at each church and develop one joint budget for the fiscal year of 2003-2004.
  • Pentecost-2003: Decree was signed by the Bishop declaring that we are one parish identity under the name of Holy Spirit Catholic Community with three chapel sites.
  • June 18, 2003: The third Open Forum meeting, with Fr. Ron Wekerle V.G. present, to explain the realities of the diocesan priest shortage (we will have only one priest by 2007/2008), number of Masses that can be celebrated each weekend by one priest (one Saturday & three on Sunday) and other facts regarding chapel seating capacity and maintenance needs.
  • July 1, 2003: Merging all bank accounts into one Holy Spirit Catholic Community accounting system.
  • July, 2003: Moving the entire administrative staff consisting of the pastor, parochial vicar, two deacons, two pastoral associates, coordinator of elementary religious education and school principal and all the clerical staff to one building (Pastoral Life Center) at St. Anthony's chapel site. The move also consisted of the consolidation of the school from two buildings (St. Anthony and St. Joseph) into one school at the St. Anthony chapel site. The St. Joseph school was designated as the Holy Spirit Religious Education Center for all the parish religious education (p/k-12) and designating St. Paul's chapel for all adult faith formation (RCIA, etc.).
  • July 31, 2003: Meeting with Larry Hellhake, from the Diocesan Finance Council, to assess possible options for future building or remodeling. ¢ August, 2003: A request from the pastor for a need/wish list from every parish ministry and organization so we can assess what will need to be done in the way of remodeling or building new to meet the needs of everyone in the parish community.
  • September, 2003: The first monthly, community-wide newsletter is mailed out to every registered parish family.
  • September 6-7, 2003: Bishop Mike came to bless each of our chapel sites in their new status.
  • October, 2003: Pictures are taken for the first Holy Spirit Catholic Community Pictorial Directory.
  • November 9, 2003: The first community-wide Ministry Fair/Carnival.
  • February, 2004: After several months of training workshops, the Administrative staff made the decision to change to the Generations of Faith program for intergenerational faith formation for the entire parish community.
  • February 10, 2004: Members of the parish Administrative Staff and the Building Task Force Committee meet with Larry Hellhake and Lombard-Conrad Architects from Boise to do a site and feasibility study of our 14 properties and buildings.
  • June 8, 2004: Noon meeting for the Building Task Force Committee and the Administrative Staff with Larry Hellhake and Steve Simmons to discuss the site and feasibility study results. It was decided to hire Lombard-Conrad Architects to put together conceptual drawings for the building options that came from the site survey.
  • June 8, 2004: The Finance Council discussed the possibility of closing down the St. Joseph school building due to high maintenance and utility costs ($12,000-$15,000 a year).
  • June 15, 2004: Discussion of the Finance Council proposal to close down the St. Joseph school building at the Pastoral Council meeting.
  • July 13, 2004: Scott reported to the Finance Council that the Bannock Youth Foundation may be interested in renting the St. Joseph school building.
  • July 20, 2004: The Pastoral Council was informed of the possibility that the Bannock Youth Foundation may be interested in renting the St. Joseph school building.
  • August 3, 2004: Steve Simmons from Lombard-Conrad Architects made a presentation to a public Building Task Force meeting on the possible building options. From the site survey and needs assessment information the three possible options that would be available are:
    • 1. To remodel the current St. Anthony property for a new church facility and a new school on the Bench Rd. property (8.8 acres). This option would require purchasing several houses around St. Anthony's for required parking.
    • 2. Build a new church and school on the Bench road property. This option would require building two-story facilities. Parking would be limited and there would be no room for future expansion.
    • 3. Purchase a new piece of property (minimum of 14 but 25 preferable for expansion) for a new church and school. It was the consensus of those attending the meeting that the third option would be the most viable solution. It was also decided at this meeting that leasing or selling the St. Joseph school building should be pursued
  • August 17, 2004: Steve Mead, Executive Director of the Bannock Youth Foundation and other members of his staff addressed the Pastoral Council on the possibility of leasing or purchasing all or part of the St. Joseph school and convent (currently Bannock House) buildings.
  • September 4, 2004: Bishop Driscoll grants permission to lease the former St. Joseph School to Bannock Youth Foundation and to begin the process of selling the school and former convent.
  • October 3, 2004: An Open House and Farewell Prayer Service were held at the former St. Joseph School building.
  • January 21, 2005: Begin the interview process for a capital campaign company.
  • March 9, 2005: Open Forum at St. Paul’s to discuss the progress of the building process.
  • April 12, 2005: Decision is made to hire Trinity Consultants for the Feasibility Study and Capital Campaign. Clay Neeshum is the representative.
  • April 19, 2005: The Pastoral Council makes the decision to recommend to the pastor to make it a priority to research the option of building one new church with the possibility of a new church on one site.
  • April 29, 2005: Fr. Enrique, Kathy Barkdull, Kregg Aytes,Building Task Force Chairperson, and Pete Santos, Pastoral Council President, meet with Pat Crisler, Diocesan Finance Officer and Larry Hellhake, Diocesan Property person, to discuss the requirements and conditions for the purchase of new property.
  • May 10, 2005: Holy Spirit CCW officer installation celebration. The CCW organizations from St. Anthony, St. Joseph and St. Paul become one united CCW.
  • June 15, 2005: The Building Task Force meets with members of a group who would like the parish to look at the option of preserving and renovating the current church facilities.
  • June 26, 2005: Open Forum at St. Anthony’s hall. A case statement was presented by Kregg Aytes outlining the building process from the beginning. The group for preservation was given the opportunity to present some of their options.
  • July 25, 2005: The sale of the former St. Joseph school and convent becomes final. The sale price is $258,300 which was the appraised value of the property.
  • August 1, 2005: The Feasibility Study begins with interviews with individual families and two focus group sessions.