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Building
Map showing 15.3 acre plot of the future Saint Aelred Catholic Church
A parish Church is a particular place where The LORD throws his banner down to earth, declaring it His once again: "THE earth is the LORD'S, and all that therein is" (Psalm 24:1). He sets this particular track of land apart for His Divine Worship, restoring its original purpose through the offering of The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass. It is where we practice now what we shall do for all eternity. It is a portal between heaven and earth, holy ground, where any and all can approach the Holy of Holies, the very Sacred Heart of Jesus, to find grace in times of joy and in suffering. The parish church is a sacramental: an outer sign of an inner reality, that God dwells amongst men as our Divine Friend. The parish church is a Divine Society, one where "community" is held together by communion with the LORD and all His saints. The parish church, therefore, should be beautiful, a meet and right offering for the God who is Beauty-Itself, an offering of our lives for the God who became Man, that we might become like God.
PHASE I: PROGRESS 100%
Goal: Raise $75,000 for the Land Fund
☒ Land Cost: $400,000 (15-16 acres)
☒ Church Land Fund: $250,000
☒ Donor will match up to $75,000 of parishioners' donations
☒ Have a Contract drawn up and signed to purchase land
PHASE II: PROGRESS 90%
Goal: Acquire Architect & Site Plan
☒ Land Clearing Stage I: for camping, festivities, etc.
☒ Academy Park Day and/or Camping Trip on the Land
☒ Master Plan
☒ Easter Octave, Whitsunday, & Corpus Christi festivities on land (in progress)
☒ Geo-tech
☒ "Porch Power" at the Land for events
☒ Feasibility Study
☒ Launch 3-Year Capital Campaign
☒ Raise 50% of Total Project Cost (required to start construction)
☐ Receive official GDOT letter
PHASE III: PROGRESS 16%
Goal: Clear Land, Blueprints, & GC
☒ Start Blueprint & Civil Engineering Design (Beginning Process)
☐ Land Clearing Stage II: for entire Master Plan
☐ General Contractor acquired
☐ Blueprints 50% complete
☐ Blueprints 80% complete
☐ Blueprints 100% complete
PHASE IV: PROGRESS %
Goal: Build initial Church (long term Parish Hall)
☐ Start Construction
Select "Land Fund" from the drop-down menu. If you wish to donate to the Capital Campaign, please wait for the official launch soon!
MASTER PLAN
Nothing in these plans in set in stone, until the buildings are actually set in stone. Details may and will change based on Providence, circumstances, etc.
YE OLDE "DG"
441 TO APALACHEE
GOLDEN PANTRY
HIGH SHOALS
EAST
COTTON FIELD
1ST BUILDING: 1ST CHURCH
(EVENTUAL PARISH HALL)
1ST BUILDING: 1ST CHURCH, FRONT VIEW
(EVENTUAL PARISH HALL)
Our current feasibility study and coming Capital Campaign are funding this building.
1ST BUILDING: 1ST CHURCH, SIDE VIEW
(EVENTUAL PARISH HALL)
This building is rooted in the Medieval Hall Tradition popular in the South and Western portions of England (Wessex, Devon, etc.) that became the source culture of the Deep South in the U.S., but also wedded to some Southern Vernacular. It expresses a communal, festive, and convivial sense of the parish. It is neither Victorian nor Neo-Gothic, but more actual Medieval yet local in its form. The goal is to make something that is the Ordinariate's English Patrimony (something top-down received from the Lord), while also being an organic growth and response from the land our church is in (bottom-up response from Man)."The good scribe brings out the old and the new."
Our current feasibility study and Capital Campaign are funding this building.
1ST BUILDING: 1ST CHURCH, INTERIOR OVERVIEW
(EVENTUAL PARISH HALL)
Our current feasibility study and Capital Campaign are funding this building.
1ST BUILDING: 1ST CHURCH, INTERIOR VIEW
(HAMMER TRUSSES, EVENTUAL PARISH HALL)
Our current feasibility study and Capital Campaign are funding this building.
SECOND STAGE: ACADEMY / PARISH HALL BUILDING
(EVENTUAL ACADEMY)
2ND BUILDING: ACADEMY / PARISH HALL
(EVENTUAL ACADEMY)
2ND BUILDING: PARISH HALL / ACADEMY, FRONT
(EVENTUAL ACADEMY)
2ND BUILDING: PARISH HALL / ACADEMY, SIDE
(EVENTUAL ACADEMY)
2ND BUILDING: PARISH HALL /ACADEMY INTERIOR
(EVENTUAL ACADEMY)
PRELIMINARY SKETCHES FOR A FINAL CHURCH
A FULL PHASE PLAN IS IN PROGRESS. OTHER ITEMS SEEN ON THE MASTER PLAN INCLUDING THE GRAVEYARD, PARKING, GARDENS, OFFICES, ETC. WILL ALL BE PLANNED ACCORDINGLY. CHECK BACK HERE FOR UPDATES.
Updates from Saint Aelred
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