Be Fruitful and Multiply

• Recent statistics indicate only 30% of Americans who were raised Catholic are still practicing.
• Nearly 80% of those who left Catholicism did so by age 23.
• With more than 1,500 Catholic students at Michigan Tech, St. Al’s is ground zero for renewing the church.
• What happens here impacts the larger Church and the world.

In early 2018 we conducted a planning study to determine support for an expansion in staff and facilities. With positive feedback and indicated financial support, St. Al’s is confidently moving forward with a campaign to Multiply the Mission. To meet these growing needs, a campaign goal of $3,141,592.65 million in gifts and three-year pledges has been set. (You may recognize that number!)  When in doubt, make pi.

To properly form future leaders who passionately love Jesus and His Church, we must act now. Our opportunity is at hand and there is great potential to reach more students and impact them deeply.

With your help, we can answer the call to invite more students to activities, expand our current ministries and programs, and anticipate the additional needs envisioned as the work of St. Al’s continues to grow. With your support, we can multiply the mission.

The Multiply the Mission campaign, with a goal of $3,141,592.65, will equip St. Albert the Great University Parish with the ability to expand our outreach to students.

Funds will be used to:

1. Recruit additional staff and FOCUS missionaries. ($315,000)
2. Expand and renovate existing facilities to increase the space available for ministry. ($1,200,000)
3. Create an Evangelization Endowment to provide sustainability. ($800,000)
4. Fund operations throughout the campaign. ($826,592.65)

St. Albert the Great University Parish has more than five decades of sustained growth and success. We are determined to multiply our efforts. Won’t you help us realize the vision?

Summer 2019: Build the second story addition above the Chapel Rat Residence with meeting rooms and new priest quarters including a guest room for visiting clergy

August 2019: Add two new FOCUS missionaries to the St. Al's team.

Winter 2020: Renovate the former priest residence into offices for staff to be accessible to students

Summer 2020: Additional interior renovations to parish hall, kitchen, bathrooms, and Chapel Rat residence; and structural improvements to main entrances of St. Al's

*All phases will be submitted for diocesan review and approval separately, and will only move forward once we have at least 75% of the cost pledged for each project.