Bulletin for the week of September 30, 2018, the Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Did you know that when the bids came in to build a new church, the lowest bid was $120,000. It was approved by the Bishop on September 24, 1978 at 3pm, forty years this Monday, Bishop Sullivan dedicated the new St. Francis Xavier Church.

Bulletin for the week of September 23, 2018, the twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Did you know that permission to build a new church was given on June 1, 1976? Parishioners laid-out a fund raising plan. At that time they had $80,000 in trust. By February 1, 1977 they had $161,000 in trust.

Bulletin for the week of September 16, 2018, The Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Did you know that when Bishop Tracy retired Bishop Joseph Sullivan was appointed, the issue of the church was revisited? This time a committee of “New and Experimental Parishes” came to see Fr. Hines. His (Fr Hines) assessment of their group was “They could not see building a church here…..when St. Agnes is down the street half empty. I also got the distinct im- pression….that the whole idea was to save St. Agnes.

Bulletin for the week of September 9, 2018, The Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Did you know that because of the condition of the church, Bishop Tracy approved the building of a new church at a cost of $150,000. According to Father Hines, the Bishop’s idea was that it should be built in such a way that if the population moved out or there were not enough people to continue the church, it could be used as an auditorium or gym or some other purpose. The Bishop and the people at the chancery wanted to avoid something that would be strictly a church – big bell towers, stained glass windows etc. the idea was to have it free of pillars.

Bulletin for the week of September 2, 2018, The Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

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Did you know that changes in the school situation (a merger with St. Agnes that created a interparochial system) resulted in a drastic decline in enrollment, and served to rally parishioners to come to the defense of their Church and school? Some 300 parents participated in a prayer vigil at the Catholic Life Center to dramatize the need for solving the problem. Father Hines, who was operating the church on a skeleton crew to save money for a new structure, was leading the charge.