Cost of the Roof

After almost three (3) weeks of data gathering and evaluating, we finally were able to determined the actual cost of the roof for St. Joseph the Worker Church. Again, I would like to thank the effort of individuals who gave much needed data as a basis for the estimates. The installation of roof frames and roof sheets will cost P 3.4 Million. We decided to defer for the meantime the construction of the balcony and staircase and concentrate on the roof. The budget for the balcony is now re-allocated for the roof and that is about P800,000 and if we deduct this from 3.4M . We only have to put up 2.6M for the roof.

We need to double our effort and intensify of campaign for pledges which has been diminishing through the years. We need also to find new benefactors for this stage of the construction. We ask each member of St. Joseph the Worker Community to include in their prayers our effort to find benefactors to finance our roof. The faithful in our community are encouraged to participate in the Brown Envelope Project. This means every liturgical service in our community, they are encouraged to pick a brown mail envelope and help financially for our roof.

We are activating again our partner-builders. To be one of our partner-builders, you are willing to donate at least P 5,000 for the construction. We are preparing a letter for our partner-builders to report on the progress of the construction and the same time to once again ask of their generosity to help.

If you are reading this article right now and is willing to help, you can contact us at e-mail address joseph_the_worker@yahoo.com. Also, if you want to help in our effort and join St. Joseph the Worker Community you can visit us every Sunday after our 7:30am Holy Mass.