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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
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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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Feasibility Study Town Hall

Betty Johnson, presented her findings at the Town Hall on April 20, 2021. You can watch the live recording of that town hall on our Facebook page.
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.
11/08/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Buidling Committee reviewed feedback from Town Hall meetings. Feedback included questions about interior of new church, cry rooom, adoration chapel. Continued feedback is encouraged and will be reviewed by Building Committee.
11/15/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe regarding Building Committee's determination on size of the new church and providing seating capacity numbers at area parishes. Feedback important and encouraged and will be reviewed by Building Committee.
11/16/2020	Building Committee meeting #18.
12/08/2020	Building Committee interviewd 3 firms for conducting feasibility study, via Zoom, at 11am, 1:30pm, 3:30pm.
12/18/2020	Building Committee meeting #19 to select consulting firm for feasibility study.
12/20/2020	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. The Building Committee, Finance and Pastoral Councils have signed a letter to Bishop Kemme requesting permission to move forward with schematic design of new church and requesting permission to begin a feasibilithy study, which will determine how much money we could realistically raise toward the project. Building Committee continuing to update schematic design.
01/11/2021	Building Committee meeting #20 with Betty Johnson regarding feasibility study.
01/24/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Bishop Kemme sent letter granting permission to proceed with feasibility study and campaign for new church building. Buildling Committee interviewed 3 firms and chose Betty Johnson and Associates out of Lawrence, KS.
01/31/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Father Joe to meet with Betty Johnson to prepare for feasibility study. Study is an opportunity to provide feedback. Hoping to have Betty visit with all households to assess where parishioners rae in relation to proposed project.
02/01/2021	Building Committee meeting #21.
02/06/2021	Building Committee tours St. Joe Ost recotry and St. Rose church building project.
02/07/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Building Committee to tour St. Joe Ost rectory and St. Rose building project on 2/6 to get ideas and insight. Building Committee added a cry room into the design, based on feedback. Committee also discussing water storage for fire suppression system, arrangement of sanctuary and options for baptismal font. Parishioners are welcomed and encouraged to speak with building comittee members to offer input or to ask questions.
02/14/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Betty Johnson has been hired to conduct feasibility study. Will be receiving a letter to partiicpate in the study. Feedback gathered in the interviews will be shared with the Building Committee and the parish. Everyone is encouraged to respond as input is valuable and important.
02/21/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Reminder to schedule interview with Betty Johnson. Impact is important and valuable.
02/22/2021	Building Committee meeting #22.
02/28/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Discussed progress of building project with Bishop Kemme during his visit. Reminder to schedule interview with Betty Johnson. Betty will share information gathered, but not names of who shared what feedback. Everyone encouraged to participate to help building committee know what parishioners want or what concerns they have. Building Committee continues to work on schematic design of church with the architect. This work takes many hours. Drawings in the parish center are not the most up-to-date. It is our intention to post new drawings as they come out, in the parish center.
03/08/2021 03/09/2021 03/13/2021	Betty Johnson Feasibility Study interviews in parish center.
03/14/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Betty Johnson has been conducting interviews. Everyone highly encouraged to paticipate. It is important that all members are able to contribute to the direction our parish is moving.
03/15/2021	Building Committee meeting #23.
04/04/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Betty Johnson has completed the feasibility study and will present her findings to the building committee and then to the parish in a few weeks. Thanks everyone that contributed. Important that all voices heard as ew continue our journey.
04/11/2021	Bulletin announcement from Father Joe. Town Hall meeting will be on 04/20 at 6:30pm. Al invited to attend. Betty Johnson will present results of the feasibility study, options of how to proceed and will answer questions.
04/13/2021	Building Committee meeting #24 with Betty Johnson regarding feasibility study.
04/19/2021	Building Committee meeting #25.
04/20/2021	Town Hall meeting. Presentation of results of feasibility study by Betty Johnson.

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May 19 and 21, 2019.

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