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- Jami Buck
  
  Building Committee Member
  
  jdrbuckgmail.com
- Juliana Handy
  
  Building Committee Member
  
  316-833-9063
  julianahandy90yahoo.com
- Don Klausmeyer
  
  Chair of the Building Committee
  
  620-545-8055
- Jason Martin
  
  Building Committee Member
- Linda Rausch
  
  Building Committee Member
- Fr. Joe Tatro
  
  Pastor, Building Committee Member
  
  frjoetatrogmail.com
- Wayne Youngers
  
  Vice-Chair of the Building Committee
  
  316-648-5173
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- Brian Zimerman
  
  Building Committee Member
  
  316-239-9337
  bzimermanberrymaterial.com
Prayer for Our Building Project

O Lord, we humbly ask You to bless our building project as we seek to work for the honor and glory of You alone. Guide us and direct us always in this effort that we may be perfected as instruments of Your will.

We pray that our efforts will be fitting of the sacred mysteries that will be celebrated daily upon the altar, where souls will come to worship and adore You in spirit and in truth. We pray that You will be pleased to dwell in the house of prayer and to fill it withYour divine presence.

O Kin gof kings, and Lord of lords, we pray that this church will be a visible sign to a fallen world of your presence among us; a place where souls will come to behold the Lamb of God. May countless souls find a haven from the turmoil of the world. May hungry souls come to be fed the Bread of Life. May weary and burdened souls come to find rest. May contrite and penitent souls come to receive your great mercy.

Relying solely on Your loving Providence, we seek only to produce a church according to Your will, and we beg of you the grace and continual assistance so that it may be accomplished. May our patron St. John the Evangelist intercede for us, strengthen us, and protect us in this effort. We ask this through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Amen.

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March 2021 Feasibility Study

Thank you to everyone who has participated in the feasibility study to discern a capital campaign to build a new church. Your time, input, and opinions are appreciated. Our new building will provide facilities that all members of our parish can utilize, making our church and space more welcoming and inviting.

The study process is now closed.
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Fall 2020 Town Hall

Timeline of St. John's Clonmel Building Project

If you are looking for past notes/announcements about the Building Project you can find those by clicking on their publication date below in the timeline.

DATE	DESCRIPTION
5/12/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Feels a nudging from the Holy Spirit to explore possibilities for how to improve our church building for current and future members. Proposes 3 options. Option A: renovation of current church. Option B: renovation and expansion of current church. Option C: building a new church. Town hall meetings to be held 5/19 and 5/21.
5/14/2019	Father Joe sends letter to Bishop Kemme asking for guidance on the process of accessing needs and desires of the parish. Will be conducting town hall meetings.
5/15/2019	Response from Bishop Kemme to Father Joe. St. John’s is vibrant and growing parish-senses good things. Does not foresee a time when the parish could not be staffed. Personally questions putting hundreds of thousands of dollars into renovations and repairs of a church that is over 75 years old. Will the current church be able to serve the next 2-3 generations? He doubts it. New church, while challenging, could be exciting for present and future generations.
5/19/2019 5/21/2019	Town Hall meetings conducted. Nomination of building committee members and parishioner input and feedback is requested.
6/30/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Explains how decisions will be made. Decisions will not be made unilaterally (solely by the pastor), nor democratically (by general vote). Members of the building committee will make decisions based on information received, listening to one another, assessing commitment level of parishioners and determining best direction for moving forward.
7/14/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Building committee members have been selected. Parishioners are welcomed to contact the building committee members to express opinions/concerns.
7/22/2019	Building Committee meeting #1.
7/28/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Committee will be working on Master Plan for the next 30-60-90 years. Committee members are available to all parishioners for feedback.
8/11/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Provides building project statisticssteady growth over past 60 years. Total mass counts = 368.
8/25/2019	Note from Father Joe to parishioners. Committee will begin working on a Master Plan. Received permission from Bishop Kemme to hire an architect.
8/26/2019	Building Committee meeting #2.
9/23/2019	Building Committee meeting #3.
10/7/2019	Building Committee meeting #4. Interview 2 architectural firms.
10/28/2019	Building Committee meeting #5. Interview 1 architectural firm.
11/3/2019	Letter from Father Joe to parishioners. Test results show no asbestos in church. The committee has removed Option A (renovate current church). Leaves us with Options B & C. Building Committee interviewed 3 architects and selected Randy Crook of Sheldon Architecture.
11/4/2019	Building Committee meeting #6.
12/2/2019	Building Committee meeting #7.
1/6/2020	Building Committee meeting #8.
2/3/2020	Building Committee meeting #9.
2/24/2020	Building Committee meeting #10.
3/1/2020	Letter from Father Joe to parishioners providing detailed update on building committee’s progress. Explains: how the committee was selected and reasons for elimination of Option A. Committee eliminated Option B (renovate and expand existing church) on 2/3/2020. Committee reached consensus that it would be in the best interest to build a new church and have looked at numerous layouts/location. Also looked at expanding the parish center (not being considered as a portion of current project). Invites parishioners to discuss the project with himself and building committee members. Members are free to be completely transparent to parishioners about the process and decisions made.
3/16/2020	Building Committee meeting #11.
March2020	Last week of March, suspension of public masses and gatherings.
4/19/2020	Flocknote from Father Joe. Building project on hold.
6/14/2020	Flock Note from Father Joe. Building committee meetings will resume. Committee has reached a consensus on the Master Plan and will begin work on the design phase, fundraising and building phase when ready. Will have town hall meetings once we are able to gather in larger numbers and the committee has a preliminary design for review.
6/22/2020	Building Committee meeting #12.
7/13/2020	Building Committee meeting #13.
7/24/2020	Flock Note from Father Joe. Virtual Town Hall meeting (video presentation). Parishioner feedback requested.
7/26/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe regarding Virtual Town Hall meeting and request for feedback.
8/2/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe regarding Virtual Town Hall meeting and request for feedback.
8/9/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe regarding Virtual Town Hall meeting and request for feedback.
8/10/2020	Building Committee meeting #14.
8/15/2020	Feedback provided by parishioners due.
8/16/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe reminding parishioners to continue providing feedback. The feedback received to date has been reviewed by the Building Committee and contributes to decision-making. The work of the Building Committee is one of planning and proposal and meant to be representative of your wishes, needs and desires for the future of our parish. They are eager to receive feedback.
8/21/2020	Building Committee member, Angela Solomon passes away.
8/23/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Building Committee feels it is important to have an in-person Town Hall meeting (to be scheduled). Provides breakdown of preferences selected on feedback form: Option A (now identified as Option 1)-6 responses; Option B (now identified as Option 2)-30 responses; No preference selected-20 responses.
9/6/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Building Committee continues to work on schematic design of new church and wanting to incorporate our church’s Clonmel, Ireland heritage. Photo of the church in Clonmel, Ireland is included, showing how the committee will include some of the architectural of the Clonmel, Ireland church into our Clonmel, Kansas church. Announces Linda Rausch as new member of the committee, replacing Angela Solomon.
9/14/2020	Building Committee meeting #15.
9/27/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Master Plan presented by members of the Building Committee to the Diocesan Building Committee. The Diocesan Building Committee expressed support of the project, noting that the Master Plan would glorify God beautifully along K-42. Also announces dates for upcoming in-person Town Hall meetings.
10/4/220	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Reminder of upcoming Town Hall meetings. Building Committee continues to work on schematic design of new church. Wished to keep music ministry in a loft, but due to costs decided on a layout with two transepts near the sanctuary, one for the music ministry and the other for an adoration chapel. Floor plans will be presented at the Town Hall meeting.
10/5/2020	Building Committee meeting #16.
10/11/2020	In-person Town Hall meetings.
10/13/2020	In-person Town Hall meetings.
10/26/2020	Building Committee meeting #17.

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May 19 and 21, 2019.

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