Introduction In 1901 our ancestors in faith came together to form St. Patrick's Catholic Parish. The 40 families who built our church laid the foundation for a century of faith. As we celebrated our centennial in 2001 it was evident that a vibrant faith community had developed from a rock solid foundation. Now it is our turn to make sure that one hundred years from now the future parishioners of St. Patrick's will say the same thing. Many factors have brought us to this point of beginning a campaign to expand our church, We are indebted to former parishioner Thomas B. Moran, Jr. whose $400,000 estate gift in 2004 enabled us to purchase land north of the parish. This provided the impetus to undertake a comprehensive master planning process which centered on improving our parish facilities. In 2005 the Parish Council set a goal to adopt a master plan for "the efficient utilization of space and other resources for supporting and furthering the Kingdom of God". Subsequently a parish needs assessment survey was sent to all parishioners. The results reaffirmed our ministries and services and identified several needs related to our facilities. The chief priority was the expansion of our worship space. After several years of developing the master plan, the parish conducted a feasibility study to get parishioner feedback on the proposed plan and to see if we were willing to support the expansion. The results of the study were extremely positive and St. Patrick's community enthusiastically endorsed moving forward with the church expansion project.