capital campaign

Diocesan Capital Campaign Reaches $75 Million Mark

Special to the HERALD
(From the Issue of 8/3/06)

The Diocese of Arlington’s “Rooted in Faith ~ Forward in Hope” capital campaign reached the $75 million mark for payments received this week, representing over 65 percent of the $114 million pledged.
“We have reached a milestone in our diocese’s first-ever capital campaign. The generous contributions of over 30,000 parishioners are already making a concrete difference in our parishes and communities. Our Catholic faithful can be proud of their commitment to meeting the needs of the future,” said Arlington Bishop Paul S. Loverde.
The fulfillment of all pledges from the campaign is essential to the completion of the planned capital projects. The campaign includes funding for parish projects, Catholic school scholarships, Catholic Charities, youth ministry, religious education, a priests’ retirement home, spirituality center and seed money for two new Catholic high schools. To date, campaign pledges have made possible:
• $25 million (of a total of over $44 million) to benefit parish projects;
• Initial site clearing for a new Catholic high school in Prince William County on the Cherry Hill peninsula; groundbreaking for the school, which is planned to open in Fall 2008, will take place Sept. 6;
• $500,000 for upcoming renovations to the Catholic Charities’ Christ House, a homeless shelter in Alexandria;
• Over half of the $20 million dollars pledged for endowments is currently being used to strengthen Catholic schools as well as pastoral ministries and programs.
Begun in 2002, the five-year capital campaign is the diocese’s response to the extraordinary growth in the 21 counties encompassed by the diocese, which has seen a 40 percent increase in Catholic population in the past decade alone. More information on the campaign – including an overview of projects funded by the campaign’s case statement – is available online at www.arlingtondiocese.org under “stewardship.”