At the last meeting of the Building Group held in the Presbytery of St. Augustine’s Church under the chairmanship of the parish priest Fr. Stephen Geddes it was decided that the way forward for the parish was to build a new church building on the site of the existing church building and hall of St. Joseph’s. This new building would be large enough to provide adequately for the existing parish numbers and to allow for growth. The building would also be designed to accommodate space and facilities for catechesis, meetings, administration, social, music and good liturgical practice.
The cost has been capped at £1.5 million pounds and we are now in the process of appointing the necessary groups to begin the process of working up a design. To ensure that all necessary views and opinions are heard and discussed, the Building Group will be increased by a further number of parishioners who will be appointed by the parish priest. A system whereby all parishioners will be able to know and contact a member of the Building Group will be set up and made available to the whole parish. Details of this will be posted in the Parish Newsletter.
