Building Update
Congratulations! I am so thrilled to inform you that we obtained the Building Permit from the City of Phoenix on Wednesday this week. I am so excited the long awaited day has finally come! I thank Bob Prezkop and Deacon Ed for working so tirelessly behind the scenes with the City of Phoenix, the contractors and the Diocese of Phoenix. I also thank you all for your prayers, patience and understanding through the past several months of waiting for the beginning of the construction.
I believe I know the question in your mind right now: “When will the construction start?” The contractors are getting ready to start the construction soon. I hope to hear from them about the exact starting day by next week. Again, thank you all so much for your prayers and support. Let us continue to pray for a successful construction.
Happy Mothers Day
On behalf of our parish community, I wish all mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers a Happy Mother’s Day and God’s blessings! On this day, we thank our mothers, by birth or adoption, who have nurtured and supported us through life. I invite you and your family to come and join us at our weekend Masses. Together, let us lift up all mothers in prayer and ask God to protect and strengthen them.
I thank Lani and the members of the Events Ministry for the Mother’s Day Basket Raffle initiative. Thanks also to those who donated the Baskets. We will have the raffle drawing for each of the five baskets after the 9 am Mass and the winners will be announced at the rest of the Masses.
Sign Up on Realm
As you may have heard, St. Benedict recently adopted Realm as our parishioner database. Before Realm, the parish had a database where we kept names, addresses, sacraments and other details from parishioner registration forms. With Realm you control your information, what others see, you have the ability to communicate with other parishioners and your ministry groups, you can be part of an online parish directory, control your electronic giving and more! Claim your profile today to activate it. To activate, or sign in to this secure site, you need to respond to an invitation of which you should have received April 4th (it could have gone into your spam folder). If you need it re-sent, please contact Amy in the office by emailing her at afletcher@stbenedict.org. We look forward to hearing from you soon!