Catholic Retreat Center/Catholic Retreat Centers

Catholic Retreat Center/Catholic Retreat Centers

Holy Cross Retreat House Foundation

September 2006

Dear Friends of Holy Cross Retreat Center. After much prayer, many years of consideration and preparation, Holy Cross Retreat Center has reached an important decision to move ahead and begin our professionally run Capital Campaign to build a new chapel.

With the blessing of The Providence of our lady of Consolation, this critical undertaking will rely on the generosity of friends to raise a minimum of $1.5 million for the construction of this new chapel. To meet this ambitious goal it will take so much zeal, talent, faith and love to meet this
compelling challenge.

As many of you know, a new chapel for Holy Cross Retreat Center has been a long held dream of The Franciscan Friars for many years. All of you, who have been a part of the retreat center over the past fifty-two years in one way or another, realize the necessity of building a new chapel for worship.

Our present chapel has served us well over the years but is too small to accommodate the small and large groups who come each year on retreat for spiritual nurturing. As you may be aware, our conference rooms are used for Mass when accommodating groups of twenty or more.

The Province of Our Lady of Consolation, Inc., has taken an active role in making the new chapel a reality for Holy Cross Retreat Center. They have financed the expenses for the preliminary floor plans designed by Steve Newby Architects, and hired Mr. Tom Murphy to raise the funds needed to begin the construction of the chapel.

Our new chapel which will provide spiritual nurturing will be located between the large conference room where our retreatants receive nurturing of the mind and the cafeteria where physical nurturing takes place. The retreatants will receive nurturing in the mind, soul and heart. As the dicho in Spanish says �Pansa ilena, corazon content.

A full stomach, wecomes a happy heart,� we also want to create the holistic environment that will enable a person to grow in their faith. The campaign requires a great number of volunteers to visit our many friends of Holy Cross Retreat Center to ask for financial support. Please study this brochure which outlines our plans for the new chapel.

Over the next few weeks, please consider how you can participate by considering one of the suggested gift plans. Please welcome our campaign volunteers into your home or business to explain the program. For those of you who live outside the Las Cruces area, please fill-out the enclosed pledge card and return to us in the envelope provided.

We look forward to your effort in helping us realizes this long held dream. Take care and God bless.

OBJECTIVE

Franciscan Retreat House Foundation
A Memorial To Fr. Owen de Silva

DONATIONS TO THIS FOUNDATION ARE TO BE USED AS FOLLOWS:

1) Purchase equipment and supplies needed to conduct programs.
2) To provide honorariums for guest speakers.
3) To provide assistance in the planning, promotion and execution of religious programs.
4) Finances from this Fund shall not be used for staff salaries, day-to-day operational maintenance -- such as utilities, food or normal building maintenance.

Donations to this Foundation are tax-deductible.

If you would like to be contacted regarding a donation, please fill out the form below and the Director, Fr. Miguel will be more than happy to speak with you.

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