Update 04/2021
Thank you to all our parishioners who are participating in the Upon This Rock Campaign. We listed several projects we wanted to accomplish with the funds provided through your generosity.
- Repaving the roads at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Upgrading the Church parking lots
- Repairs to the soldiers circle monument at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Cleaning and refubishing of the Angels at the entrance of Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
- Removing the broken convent wall behind the rectory and necessary landscaping and other rectory needs
To date we have received $136,802.55 in the following disbursements from this campaign:
- January 2017 – $27,512.75
- July 2017 – $16,314.81
- February 2018 – $17,425.81
- July 2018 – $13,427.39
- January 2019 – $15,684.61
- July 2019 – $14,728.26
- January 2020 – $11,614.53
- July, 2020 – $9,038.53
- April, 2021 – $11,055.86
Projects completed so far are repaving the roads and repairs to the soldiers circle monument at Holy Sepulchre as well as upgrading the church parking lots and removing the broken convent wall, necessary landscaping and other rectory needs (#1,2,3,5).
If you were not part of the Upon This Rock Campaign and would like to know more or to donate, please call Deacon Mike Lennon at the rectory, 1-716-487-0125.
Some parishioners have made donations for specific projects. Examples are the Bell System, the 28 rectory window project and the Camera System. All would not have been possible without your generous donations.
May God bless you for your generosity and prayers for all of you who are such a blessing to St James Parish.
Fr Darrell Duffy, Deacon Mike Lennon, Finance, Building & Grounds Committees