The weekly Offertory is a fund that pays for routine operations of the parish.  It includes salaries, rent/mortgage, maintenance, utilities, and day-to-day expenses.

The Building Fund is an ongoing and long term, regular savings account to which parishioners contribute and have contributed to since the Mission was formed in 2002 – and will continue even after this project is completed.  It funds building, and improvement projects, but most of the funds will be used to build a permanent Church.  The current account balance is about $500,000.

The first and second Capital Campaigns are designed to raise funds rapidly to build a permanent Church.  Parishioners are asked to pledge an amount that can be paid at once or over a period of up to 3 years.  The expectation for a Capital Campaign is to raise significant amounts quickly, like a burst, as opposed to routine, weekly or monthly contributions.

Funds from the Building Fund and Capital Campaign will be used to build a permanent Church.

The Special Use Permit approved November 2015 requires us to complete Phase 1 (Parish Center, what we will use as a church) by November 2023.

The capacity of the Phase 1 Parish Center (which we will utilize as the church) is at least 350 seats – about the capacity of the temporary facilities at Bull Run Middle School, and the size is the most significant cost driver along with the site work. The cost includes the design of the Church, extensive site work to prepare the undeveloped land for a building, construction, fit out, and Prince William County permit requirements such as landscaping, paved parking lots, sidewalks, utility work, and entrance and exit lanes.  The cost estimate was professionally prepared, checked, and validated. The estimated cost of our project well within similar recent projects in the Arlington Diocese and the Mid-Atlantic area.

You can contribute to the Building Fund via Faith Direct, monthly envelopes, or mailing a check to the Mission Office. Similarly, you can contribute to the Capital Campaign though the pledge form on the website.

• SKD Building Fund Form

Yes, it’s the most convenient way to support our church.  Faith direct allows you to link payments to bank accounts and/or credit cards.  You can schedule payments to automatically occur monthly or you can make them on a one time basis.  Please sign up at www.faithdirect.net/. The St. Katharine Drexel code is VA786.

If you would like additional information, please contact Ellen Sivick or David O’Flynn (SKD Building Committee Chairperson) through the St. Katharine Drexel Mission office at (703) 753-8444.