Thank you for your interest and support. Please click on the links below to find more information about this exciting project! If we can answer any questions or help you with your sacrificial pledge, please don't hesitate to call the parish office at 303-799-1036, or email the Building Project Manager, Kelly Schimmoller.
Welcome to the Pax Christi Building Campaign Page
Hello Church!
Thank you for being a part of Pax Christi Catholic Community and for supporting the work of the Church with your time, talent, and treasure. Your presence and your contributions are a true blessing.
I want to share something with you that is very dear to my heart. This parish began with 40 households in 1987, families dedicated to creating a Catholic community with a spirit of worship that goes beyond the Mass. As the community grew, these families worked hard with their bare hands to build our beautiful Chapel. They eventually began fundraising and, piece by piece, built everything you see here today. These first families, and those that followed, contributed money, time, and energy to build a legacy of love. It is now time for us to build on their great work for the future of Pax Christi and secure our legacy.
When I came to Pax Christi in July 2020, we were a community of just over 600 families. Over the past 5 years, our community has grown to over 1300 families, and we continue to welcome about 20 new families every month. Praise God! While I am grateful for the growth, it presents us with some challenges. We no longer have enough rooms for all our ministries to meet; we are using every single space available for our religious education programs, and we do not have enough office space for our staff to do the important work of our parish. We are simply out of space.
After lengthy prayer and discernment, and consulting with Parish Council, Finance Council, staff, and others in parish leadership, we believe we are being called to expand and upgrade our facilities. Together, we decided to conduct a parish-wide survey, which we completed one year ago. Based on overwhelming support from that study, we selected a very experienced architect and contractor who, with the input of our building committee and the leadership teams named above, have developed a beautiful master plan to provide what we truly need for the future here at Pax Christi. We love the plan, and believe you will, too.
No vision this big comes without a price, but we believe that by praying and working together, we can build something great, not for our glory, but for God’s. If we are to build what is needed to support our growing faith family and do the work of our Church for years to come, we will need everyone in our community to make an additional, significant, financial sacrifice, just as those who have gone before us.
I am asking you to consider the story of the widow’s mite from Luke 21:1-4. In this parable, Jesus speaks of rich people contributing their gifts to the offertory, followed by a poor widow who gave two small coins. Jesus viewed her contribution as a sacrificial gift because she truly felt the impact in her daily life.
Only you and God truly know the details of your own financial situation. Please pray and work with God to determine what you can contribute to this important effort. For those who would like a little guidance, we would encourage you to consider a gift of two, three, or four percent of your annual income, each year for the three years of this campaign, in addition to what you are already contributing to the Church. This may be difficult for you. If, after prayer and discernment, you find you cannot give this much, please give anything you can.
I would not ask you to do anything I am unwilling to do myself. Please know that I have prayed, asked God to help me discern my financial sacrifice, and submitted my pledge card. Together, we will accomplish his will for Pax Christi and this project.
Thank you for your support, your prayers, and for being part of this project and community. It is a blessing to walk beside you.
In the Peace of Christ,
Fr. Andrzej Szczesnowicz, Pastor
*If you are paying by check:
- Make your check payable to “Pax Christi” AND write “Capital Campaign” in the memo line.
- Drop in the mail, at the Parish office or in the offertory (PLEASE write Capital Campaign on the outside of the envelope).
*If you are gifting or paying by your RMD or any other special distribution, please contact Lisa Walker (lwalker@paxchristi.org) or capitalcampaign@paxchristi.org for help.
*If you are paying your pledge online, follow these steps.
- Go to www.paxchristi.org and scroll to the bottom of the page.
- Click on the 3rd box that says “Donate.”
- Click on the word “Recurring.”
- Click the down arrow in the box that says “Fund.”
- In the amount box, enter the amount you want each payment to be (not your total pledge)
- Under “Recurrence”, use the down arrow to select how frequently you’d like to make this payment: monthly, quarterly, yearly.
- Select the date you would like these payments to start.
In the donation memo, please
writeinclude your full name and a good phone number in case we have questions.- This will automatically start your payments.
You may want to mark your calendar for the end date and make sure to contact our Business Manager, Lisa Walker, when your last payment is made to stop the automatic payments.
Thank you for starting to fulfill your pledges. This gives us the funds to pay for the required processes, allows our finished project to be completed sooner, and keeps costs down.
Dear Jesus,
As you love us, we aspire to love and serve you.
We humbly ask Your blessing as we step forward in faith to build for the future of our Pax Christi Catholic Community.
We offer you the best of our time, talent, and treasure as we strive to be good stewards of your countless blessings.
Help us to seek after your heart.
Grant favor upon this project that it may help us to love and serve others more, bringing light and peace to this world.
Amen.
In the words inspired by St. Francis, we pray:
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
And it is dying that we are born to eternal life.
Amen.
Our Project
We’re excited to share the renderings for the three tiers of our Capital Campaign! These images bring our vision to life and show how each tier will help strengthen and grow our parish community. Take a look and see the incredible plans taking shape!
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We’re excited to share our Capital Campaign video!
This inspiring short film highlights our vision for the future and how, together, we can make it a reality. Take a few minutes to watch and see how your support is helping us build a stronger, more vibrant parish community.
Make your pledge today!