Facilities Committee

Contact Us
facilities@stceciliaparish.org

2020-2021 Members

Jeff Wit – Chair – 515-291-4704 jwitt@isunet.net 
Brian Wildeboer
Ayinde Popo
Steve Heideman
Jeremy Hess – St. Cecilia Maintenance
Sara Rooney – St. Cecilia School, Principal
Bill Klein – St. Cecilia Business Manager

Minutes of Meetings

To view the Building Committee Minutes, click the year of the minutes you wish to view, then click the date of the minutes you wish to view. All of the files below require Adobe Reader to view. Click here to download Adobe Reader.

Photos of Gathering Center Groundbreaking 10 April 2005

PRELIMINARY images, illustrations, and examples shared by members of the Long Range Building Committee during informal information sessions in the Social Hall after Masses on the weekend of 9-10 October 2004:

Some examples from other buildings and churches, shown to illustrate architectural uses of light and various materials under consideration for use in the Saint Cecilia building projects:

Architect Rudi-Lee-Dwyer preliminary images of the proposed new church
(as presented to the Archdiocesan Building Commission in October 2003)

Birdseye view
View looking toward the southwest
View looking toward the northeast
View looking toward the southeast

Frequently asked questions concerning this building project include many questions asked by parishioners. The answers are provided by the committee, architect and liturgical consultant.

The reflection given by Sister Mary Kay Panowicz, Liturgical Consultant, on the July 12/13, 2003, weekend contains her thoughts of worship space and how it pertains to Saint Cecilia parish.
Sister Mary Kay also provided four following bulletin inserts as part of our parish education effort.

Reports from meetings with the Archdiocesan Church Design and Renovation Commission and the Archdiocesan Building Commission:

Architects Rudi-Lee-Dreyer are the master plan archtects in the phase to determine what is possible to remodel/build on the Saint Cecilia Church site.

The slides from the parish wide meeting given on April 7 & 9, 2003, show the information the committee has gathered concerning the long range building plan needs. This is quite a large file and may take 10 minutes or more to download and view over a 28 kbps dial-up connection.

The slides from the parish wide meeting given on July 22 and August 11, 2002, show the information the committee has gathered concerning the long range building plan needs. This is quite a large file and may take 10 minutes or more to download and view over a 28 kbps dial-up connection.

Previous pictures and models of the possible plans (not currently under consideration):

Option 3 model
Option 4 model
Option 5 model
Option 5 outside look
Option 5 inside look

Send your comments to Jeff Witt, Co-Chair.