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St. Procopius Wish List
Our beautiful church, school, and grounds are over 125 years old and in need of some tender loving care to reveal their potential beauty and enhance their functionality. We are looking for donors to match the needs on our WISH LIST. If you, or someone you know, is in a position to help us with one of our many needs please contact Fr. Jim Collins, SJ at 312-226-7887.
Current Wishes:
- Rectory Computer upgrades: The workhorse desktop computers that our staff uses each day haven't been renovated since 2005 and are beginning to "rattle and humm". We could use FOUR new DELL Desktop CPU's with MS OFFICE and plenty of memory. Estimated cost: $3,500.
- New Church Signs: The renovated facade of our Church could use a New Sign. Pilsen visitors want to know the name of that beautiful old church. A Bright big new sign on the corner of 18th and Allport has been designed. Estimated cost: $600.
- Light Weight Pop-Up Event Tents: Our most important annual fundraiser is our Kermes parish festival, where we block of Allport Street and sell delicious food, cold drinks and listen to live music. Click Here To See Sample Pop Up 10 x 20' Tents for Sale We need 4 more tents to expand the amount of shade and protection from the elements to attract more soon-to-be-happy customers. Estimated cost: $600.
- Light Weight Fold Up PICNIC TABLES: How many times do we drag our old heavy tables and chairs outside for Enchilada sales or for our Kermes. Click Here To See an example of the Folding Picnic Tables These neat, 80# plastic fold up tables are easy to fold up and store. Set them up and they are ready to serve enchiladas. They would work great under our new tents! We could use at least 10 of the Hunter Green 6' or 8' folding tables ($170 - $200 ea) . Estimated cost: $1,700.
- Light Weight Blow Molded FOLDING TABLES: How about eating those enchiladas on a sturdy and splinter-free table? These economical yet durable folding tables would make the best of your Kermes experience! These great, 30" x 96" plastic folding tables are easy to fold and store. Set them up and they are ready to help you savor those delicious enchiladas. This model is available at Costco for about $110 per table. We could use at least 16 of these folding tables. Estimated cost: $1,700.
- Sound System for Parish/School Gymnasium: The Speakers and the Equilizer and the Amplifier in our school gym needs updating to support the many school and parish events we host there. Estimated cost: $800.
- Church Door Hardware: Our new doors need some additional push plates. One x 23" tall Oil Rubbed Bronze Push Plate,($110) and Three each 10" tall Oil Rubbed Bronze Push Plates ($130).
Estimated cost: $240.
- Renovate Soup Kitchen: The old kitchen in the school that we use to prepare food for our soup kitchen and for our parish events is desperately in need of renovation. It needs to be upgraded with industrial restaurant style sinks, disposals, cabinets, and stoves. Even used restaurant equipment would work fine here. Estimated cost: $4,000.
- Creating two Urban Parks. Our neighborhood needs green grass to sit in, play on, and benches conversations to happen on. Our only green spaces are trapped behind fences. We could "open up" the green space north of Poder on Allport and in the Guadalupe Garden if we had money for pavers, benches, tables, shrubs and topsoil. We could provide the labor! This would be an excellent investment in building COMMUNITY. Estimated cost: $1,500.
Generous Friends of St. Procopius
Thanks to the many family members and friends of Tyler Murray and Lisa Noller who have generously contributed to our Renovation Campaign in honor of Tyler and Lisa's love for each other! Tyler and Lisa exchanged their nuptial vows during a very moving wedding mass inside the now beautifully repainted St. Procopius Church on August 31, 2008. Such generosity deserves recognition!
Thanks to the Coakley Family from Milton Mass for their donation to St Procopius. Much appreciated cousins!
Special thanks to Janet H. and Frank S. from our St Elizabeth Seton Parish who generously donated to our Guadalupe Garden Project. We are most grateful. God bless you through the intersession of Our Lady of Guadalupe!
Thanks to the Miguel De Toral Family for the portable 500GB hard drive and for investing in our first pop up tent mentioned above. They seem to work just fine. Light weight and easy to set up. Thanks a light weight ton!
A very big thank you to Muriel Rooney and Peggy McAuliff Schuld for their very generous donation of $15,000 in the name of the Donald J. McAuliffe Family Foundation. This generous gift has been used to fund many important Renovation Campaign projects.
Thanks to George Sloca and Mrs. Beatrice Manak Browning of Elkhorn, Wisconsin. Because of their generosity, our 19th Century crucifix was lovingly repainted. Mrs Manak remembers the crucifix from her childhood when she would touch Jesus' feet as she entered the church. We are also grateful to parishioner and local artist Jackie Negrete, who skillfully stripped and re-stained the wooden cross. View Before and After Photos
A large debt of gratitude is owed to Fr. Jim Collins, SJ, associate pastor of St. Procopius and Holy Trinity Churches. During the years he has served here, Fr. Jim has been the primary animator behind our Renovation Campaign and he inspired generosity in our parishioners and in many of his friends and family members to contribute.
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