Who will make the final decisions?
Ultimately the final approval of the project is by the Bishop. Our Bishop requires that we have about half of the money in the bank to begin building. There is a specific process our parish must go through to even ask the Bishop for his final approval and we are still in the midst of this process. The committee has been in constant contact with the Bishop and other Archdiocesan offices thus far and the Bishop, through his committees, has encouraged us to continue in the process. The upcoming decision to hire an architect is still not the final go ahead, merely a step in the process to give visual aides to fund-raising efforts. The final decision will come from parish meetings leading to the Parish Council making the decision to proceed or not, subject to Archdiocesan approval.
