Dear parishioners,

In consideration of our efforts to commence building the new school here at Resurrection starting at the end of this Spring semester as well as providing a safe environment to educate our children throughout the next academic year, we have been coordinating efforts with the Holy Family Catholic school system and in consultation with St. Anthony parish to explore potential options.  

Originally (Pre-Covid), it was planned to put the school children in portable classrooms on the Resurrection campus and also reallocate some existing Church meeting spaces to accommodate classroom needs. However, compliance to existing covid spacing requirements in those fixed locations became impossible and estimated costs for needed additional portable were found to be prohibitive to our overall budget.

Given the situation of St. Anthony's soon to be vacated school space and their willingness to open their doors to us for this next academic year, we have come to an agreement to relocate all preschool through fifth-grade Resurrection students to the St. Anthony campus for the full 2021-2022 school year.


We are, indeed, grateful to St. Anthony parish for being open and providing this option for us. This is hospitality at its finest. This is a wonderful testament to the willingness of neighboring parishes to cooperate with each other in these given circumstances and it is also a beautiful expression of that great sense of community that the Holy Family Catholic School system strives to foster.


If you would, please offer up a prayer of gratitude for the good people of St. Anthony parish. Pray also for the Holy Family Catholic School system as well as our own Resurrection faith community. Pray for the success of our joint efforts as we move forward to construct this new school and continue to build a visible presence of Jesus.

Fr. Phil

Dear Resurrection Parishioners and Holy Family Catholic School supporters,

We are happy to announce that there will be forward movement towards a new school building at Resurrection. The precautionary pause that had been taken was prompted by the uncertainties of the pandemic’s impact not only on the health of individuals and communities but also on the questionable state of the economy which would be critical to our success.

As with all things dark and cloudy, such as this pandemic, we look for the silver lining. One of the benefits of taking this “pause” was the fact that we were forced to reconsider and embrace the practice of good Stewardship regarding the overall scope of the project and review the amount of capital that we need to raise for such a building program.

Before the pandemic, the architectural plans were put in place to have a three level, two section school which would include infant daycare. After further consideration, initiated by the fact that during the pandemic more and more people are working from home (which may become the trend) among other things, it was recently and mutually determined by Resurrection leaders and Holy Family Catholic School representatives that infant day care would not be part of our overall plan.

There will still be a new three level, two section Pre-K through 5 grade school that includes  dedicated art and music classrooms as well as a flex classroom to handle the class that currently  has a 3rd section. There will also be modifications and improvements to the new kitchen plan but not as extensive because of the exclusion of infant daycare. 

That being stated, given the fact that final architectural drawings were in place for the whole building and costs had initially been incurred for space allocation for infant care pre-pandemic, that section of space in the new school building design would remain. The available space can now be considered and utilized for future faith formation programming and other similar functions.

The removal of infant care and the essentials that come with it, plus the reduction of kitchen modifications is estimated to be in the vicinity of a one-million-dollar savings in overall costs.  Those savings would be applied to a reduction of the previous goal of 9.6 million to 8.6 million.

Resurrection’s anonymous donor of 2.5 million dollars remains committed. The capital campaign efforts between Resurrection parish and Holy Family Catholic Schools is now at a lower cost level in consideration of the savings outlined above. Pending review and recommitment from the leadership of both entities and Archdiocesan approval, we will initiate or reengage each respective campaign effort as soon as possible.

Thank you for your patience during this time. We will continue to keep everyone updated as plans move forward and please know of our strong commitment to see this project come to fruition. Thank you in advance for your generosity as we reinvigorate our common goal of providing quality Catholic School education and Catholic faith formation.