For years, the parish struggled with what to do about our aging Parish Hall and Annex:
the original church and original school, the beginning of our parish life, and much-loved buildings. 
The memories run deep and will always be part of who we are.  
Our heavenly Father blessed us with founding families whose insight and love built those original buildings.
 They brought our Catholic faith to many generations of parishioners.  Many of us benefited from the efforts
of those first families.  The new building provides the opportunity to do for the future
what those families did for previous generations and for us. 

• We hope to strengthen an active and meaningful campus that connects our school, hall, and church. 

• The new space allows for multi-purpose use.  Each year we accommodate Mass overflow, a range of performances, parties and receptions, and athletics. This requires an easy changeover from one setting to the next.  We want to ensure the environment in the hall is simultaneously elegant, inviting, and functional. 

• We need an accessible and central commercial kitchen for both our outreach ministries to the poor and our school lunch program and community activities.

• Our hall must be suitable for the ministries that drive the spiritual life of our parish. 

• Storage is a priority - for everything that supports our campus. 

Loving Father, we thank you for your guidance as we begin to build our new Parish Hall
- one that meets today’s needs and those of future generations.
Through our parish ministries and programs, we answer Your call to welcome and serve.
Our new Parish Hall will be a gathering place where we can pursue the work of those ministries
while enjoying each other’s gifts. In honor of our founding families, we will strive to build a place
filled with memories that share our heritage with those yet to come. Please guide us and bless us
as we move forward. We ask this through Jesus Christ, who will always be our cornerstone,
and who reigns with you and with the Holy Spirit, now and forever. Amen.

Thanks to Shea Family Charities for their generous matching grant!
FUNDRAISING CONTINUES TO MAXIMIZE THIS MATCHING GRANT!!!

To make this matching grant a reality and get us to our goal amount, we will continue our fundraising efforts throughout construction as necessary and need our community’s ongoing support.

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ANEW FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS:

HOW AND WHY WAS THE DECISION MADE TO BEGIN NEW CONSTRUCTION VS. A REMODEL?

• An initial parish-wide survey was conducted and responses overwhelmingly supported new construction.
• Subsequently, both new construction and remodel options were thoroughly explored and vetted.
• Based on the costs and limited functionality inherent in a remodel vs. new construction, we were asked by the Archdiocese to provide a new build proposal.
• Based on the above, new construction was recommended and approved.

HOW MANY ST. BEDE MINISTRIES WILL THE NEW PARISH HALL BUILDING/SPACE SUPPORT?

• St. Bede Parish's 45 ministries include those that serve St. Bede Church and School, as well as related community ministries, and range from service, prayer, liturgical, and pastoral organizations and ministries.
• Upon completion of the 2018 feasibility study, the capital campaign committee thoroughly evaluated capacity and adapted the new building designs to accommodate our parish-wide needs.

WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE NEW PARISH HALL COMPARED TO THE EXISTING BUILDING?

• The Hall within the new Parish Hall itself is 5,228 sq ft. compared to the existing Parish Hall’s 3,434 sq ft.
• The new Kitchen is 1,173 sq. ft compared to the current Kitchen’s 702 sq. ft.
• The square footage of the new building as a whole is 14,746 sq. ft., compared to the 17,738 sq ft of the existing building.
• It is critical to note that the footprint of the new building is much more efficiently designed to accommodate our current and anticipated future parish-wide and community needs.
• The rooms in the new building have been intentionally designed as multi-use rooms, with flexible technology, wiring and capabilities.
• We now have additional use of the School Education Center rooms as well.
• The new spaces are developed to utilize both indoor and outdoor spaces to accommodate all of our ministries and needs, both now and in the future.

WILL THE NEW SPACES AND BUILDING BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL/RENTAL SPACE FOR THE LARGER COMMUNITY?

• St. Bede has always welcomed the La Canada community to utilize our campus, and some local groups may occasionally host functions on site. Our first priority of the new spaces and building are for the needs and use of our St. Bede community. They will not be used as rental spaces for outside commercial events, etc.