We are about to finish the Roofing Stage

Finally, The Steel Trusses is in place. Our gratitude to all who have been very generous in our effort to build St. Joseph the Worker Church. It took us three (3) years putting up funds for this stage of the construction development. The most expensive indeed in our stage of construction (Php 2.573M).

We could still remember when we first asked for estimates for the steel trusses of the church. We all wonder how could we put up such a huge cost for the trusses. We took a second look at our financials and think of other alternative ways to augment funds for the construction.

Eventually, we realized that this is a place of worship.. a House of God.. we just have to do what we are supposed to do...and leave the rest to God's providence...besides, we have St. Joseph..the patron of our community.. lest we forget that he is a carpenter by profession... We know that St. Joseph will not let us down and will continue to intercede for us.

We went through a lot of fund raising... The Decorate the Christmas Tree for several Advent and Christmas seasons, An Evening of Music for St. Joseph Concert at the Cathedral, The Php 20 para sa Bubong ng Simbahan....our Brown Envelop Pledges offered in the Holy Mass, the District Sponsorships Every Sunday and the most recent Mutya ng Robinsons 2010. We looked back at the effort and perserverance of St. Joseph the Worker Community.... we can now say.. its all worth it.

Our experiences in the past.... in building a church, made as grow spiritually too, the encouragement we received from churchgoers ... the generosity of the faithful ... our shortcomings ......even the negative remarks we received from those who doubted our intentions and the capacity of the faithfuls to build a beautiful place of worship..... made us more mature in our endeavor... constantly asking our God for guidance and wisdom... realizing, our journey will not always be a smooth sailing we need always God's blessing....

We could still remember Fr. Joel of the Missionaries of Jesus,...telling us that we are not just building a physical structure of the church...that we should also commit ourselves in building a community of faithfulls...That's the reason for our several activities... like the Gift Giving, Mass for the Elderly and the Sick, Praying for the souls of those who passed away in our community... and our promotion of the devotion to Mother Mary or Block Rosary... and of course our on-going formation like our recent Advent Recollection.

Fr. Dom of the Order of Franciscan Minor (OFM).. reminds us of the abundance of God's love for all of us....that we should be an instrument of God's abundance .....we continue our journey.. in building a church and a community of faithfulls... with perserverance and a pure heart....