EARLY IN 2025, St. John the Baptist Catholic School will begin construction of its new gymnasium. The dynamic education center will be a place to gather for sports, performing arts and other events and celebrations for the school and the parish. The “dream made reality” truly began to take shape with a huge grace-filled boost from Shea Family Charities.
“The planning process started over a year ago with numerous meetings and architectural drawings that helped us to see the vision,” said Fr. Damien, the school’s rector and spiritual guide. “Seeing the conceptual renderings has truly driven the message home to our faith community that this is really happening.”
The high-tech facility will provide the blossoming school community with increased accommodations for all the programming that helps its children to grow and flourish. The new gathering space will provide the parish with much needed room for all its expanding ministries as well. With the arrival of this exciting gathering space, St. John the Baptist Catholic School and parish hopes to continue cultivating its enthusiastic service to God and His mission.
“We have dreamed of having a gym at SJB for a very long time,” said Principal Paula Viles. “This new addition to our campus will allow us to expand our educational programming, continue to provide our students with the opportunity to discover and cultivate their gifts and talents, and give us the capacity to gather our entire community in one place at one time. It’s a blessed gift from God.”