We Have Started (7/29/09)

HOLY SPRIT CHURCH HELD GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY
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	The Holy Spirit Catholic Community was joined by Pocatello Mayor Roger Chase at a groundbreaking ceremony for the first step toward building a new, multi-million dollar church and school that was held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 28. The ceremony took place at the church's property on Gathe Road, and commemorated the beginning of work on installing a sewer system to the building site. Bowman's Inc. of Mountain Home was recently awarded a $142,000 contact for the sewer installation project.
"While this is just the beginning of a long project, it's a very important step in eventually building a new Holy Spirit Church and School," said Father Enrique Terriquez, pastor of Holy Spirit. "The community has been very supportive so far -- we've raised over $2 million and it's good to see some actual construction work result from that generosity." The estimated cost of completing the new church building is yet to be determined but will be in the near future as the architects, BCDM in Omaha, work through the schematic design phase of the project. Holy Spirit is in the process of hiring a consultant to assist with the second phase of its capital campaign to raise the funding necessary to begin construction on the church building. Other infrastructure work, including completion of the pad and installation of other infrastructure, could begin in by this fall. A new school building is also part of the long-term construction plan.
Mayor Chase, Father Enrique, and representatives of the Bowman's Inc. of Mountain Home were present at the groundbreaking ceremony. Holy Spirit parishioners were also in attendance at the ceremony.