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Growing a Future
Rooted in Hope
Support Our
Mission
About
the Campaign
We successfully
completed our Growing a Future Rooted in Hope Capital Campaign in
September 2009. The campaign raised money for building
Spirit Center
– a $3.4 million 21,800 square foot conference and retreat facility; a
$2 million renovation of the historic monastery building; and $1.5
million in endowments for our
Spirituality Ministry
and the
Historical Museum at St. Gertrude.
Our 61 member community
financed $1.9 million of the $6.9 million dollar project and raised $5
million through the capital campaign.
Celebrating Success
Here at St. Gertrude’s we
are singing Thank You five million times for your
heartfelt gift which helped us reach the $5,000,000 goal
of our Growing a Future Rooted in Hope Capital
Campaign! Your generosity positions us to begin our
second century in Idaho with renewed vitality.
Three long-lasting
signs of your generosity include: increased
participation of guests (2,500 people FY 2009) enriching
their lives and work through programs at our beautiful
and vital
Spirit Center; an updated monastery conducive
to 21st century lives of prayer and ministry and to
welcoming new members; and the initial endowments
established for our
Spirituality Ministry and the
Historical Museum at St. Gertrude. Best of all, we begin
our new century with so many of you friends saying you
feel enlivened by your association with St. Gertrude’s,
and in turn you encourage and challenge us to persevere
in our Benedictine vocation to prayer that moves us to
active ministry. Thank you for being at the heart of
Growing a Future Rooted in Hope.
“The spirit of the Lord has been given to me, for the
spirit has anointed me.
The spirit of the Lord has sent
me to bring the good news to the poor,
to proclaim
liberty to captives and to the blind new sight, to set
the
downtrodden free, to proclaim the Lord’s year of
favor.”
~ Luke 4:18
Looking to the Future
Is there life after a capital campaign? YES! And it’s exciting to begin
implementing a five-year plan to sustain that life. Our plan is rooted
in the hope that you will continue to feel supported in your own values
by your connections with the monastery through prayer, programs,
volunteering and financial support of our community.
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Campaign
News
Monastery
Celebrates Campaign Donors
More than 65 donors to the
Monastery of St. Gertrude’s Growing a Future Rooted
in Hope capital campaign gathered at the monastery
June 5-7, for a donor appreciation celebration. They
came from as near as Cottonwood, from as far as Houston,
Texas, Novato, California, Portland, Oregon, Missoula,
Montana, Idaho Falls, and places in between.
Read more...
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A Few Words In Support of Our Campaign...
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Left: Sister Petronilla Lieser in our new
elevator.
Right: Sister Wilma Schlangen in front of a
new window in the monastery’s old kitchen. |
“Our
involvement with the Monastery of St. Gertrude
lies our strong belief that the sisters' stated missions
help society at large with core spiritual and
environmental values. Their accomplishments
during the past hundred years reflect those
strengths. The Sisters have a mission statement
for the future and a plan for how to implement
it. Their five year Capital Campaign Program is
nearing a successful end, thanks to you. Your
continued prayers and gifts will help the
Sisters accomplish their missions.”
~ Doug & Mary Ellen Black,
Lewiston, ID.
Doug serves on our Development Council & Capital
Campaign Committee
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Spirit Center lobby. |
“For us, St.
Gertrude’s provides a peace and hospitality that
help us center ourselves in the Spirit and focus
on our core life values. Together our gifts can
expand the sisters’ horizons and enable them to
bring spiritual healing to the world. We urge
you to join us in making a generous gift toward
their mission through this campaign. “
~ Dr. Terese Fandel and Dr.
John Pennings, Hayden, ID
Capital Campaign Chairpersons
“We contribute to St. Gertrude’s because it
helps us do more of the spiritual and outreach
work we wish we could do personally. The
monastery, museum and Spirit Center provide many
spiritual, cultural and educational
opportunities on the prairie, and the sisters
are active volunteers in the Camas Prairie
communities.”
~ Morris and Julie Arnzen, Cottonwood,
ID
Owners of Arnzen Building & Construction.
Please Join
Us:
A Special Invitation
If you believe
that church and culture are well-served by women
who pray and work for the transformation of
themselves and the world,
If your heart
resonates with the vision and ministries of
this community of women seeking God in north
central Idaho at the beginning of the 21st
century,
If you desire to
partner with the Monastery of St. Gertrude in
growing a future rooted in hope,
We invite you to
join in the mission of our community by making as
generous a gift as possible to our “Growing a
Future Rooted in Hope” campaign. We specifically
invite you to help us reach our five million
dollar goal by August 16, 2009.
Together...We Will Grow a Future,
Rooted in Hope
>PLEASE
JOIN US IN
Growing a Future Rooted in Hope
We invite you to join in the mission of our community by
making a generous gift to help us sustain what has been
accomplished through our Growing a Future Rooted in
Hope Capital Campaign.
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giving.
>SPONSOR
A MONASTERY WINDOW
See Our Life, Share Our Future
 Within
our main Capital Campaign we conducted a focused
mini-campaign, “See Our Life, Share Our Future”,
inviting people to sponsor a monastery window. Two very
successful phonathons raised $329,221 as part of this
mini-campaign. This, along with prior contributions,
raised $575,817 of the $606,000 goal for windows.
($31,183 of the goal remains, that donors could still
direct toward windows.)
>SPECIAL DONOR
RECOGNITION Participate in
exciting opportunities to:
~Sponsor
a Spirit Center Conference Room for $100,000, $500,000
or $750,000
~Sponsor
a Spirit Center Guest Room for $25,000
~Sponsor
the Spirit Center
Elevator for $100,000
~Create
a Named Endowment for Spirituality Ministry for a
minimum of $25,000
~Create
a Named Endowment for the Historical Museum for a
minimum of $25,000
~Sponsor
Museum Preservation Space at Spirit Center
~Apply
a gift to the construction costs of Spirit Center
~For
the monastery, sponsor windows in the brick annex for
$1,000 or in the
stone building for $3,000
~For
the monastery, help sponsor the new elevator
Please contact our
Development Office by phone at 208-962-5062 or send
e-mail to
develop@stgertrudes.org
for more information on how to participate in one of
these special donor recognition opportunities.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Monastery of St. Gertrude
Development Office
465 Keuterville Road
Cottonwood, ID 83522-5183
208-962-5062
FAX 208-962-7212
Email:
develop@stgertrudes.org
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Campaign at-a-Glance
Spirit Center
• 3 various sized
meeting rooms
• 22 double occupancy guest rooms
• Spectacular views
• Prayer and meals with the sisters
• Walking, hiking spaces
• Many options for different kinds of retreats, educational
opportunities, meetings, events and more
• Skilled staff for spiritual direction, group facilitation
• Over 1,200 retreatants annually
• Over 600 additional participants in educational functions, meetings
and events
Cost of building Spirit Center: $3,400,000
Renovation of the Historic
Monastery
• 273 single-pane
windows replaced with double pane, energy efficient models
• ADA compliant elevator installed to provide access to every floor in
the monastery
• Obsolete telephone and nurse call systems replaced
• Living and work spaces remodeled and rearranged
Costs of Renovations:
$2,000,000
~ Windows: $606,000
~ Elevator: $432,031
~ Communications systems:
$91,000
~ Renovations and furnishings:
$870,969
Endowments for Spirit Center and
the Historical Museum
• Provide long-term
financial stability
• Expand programming
• Cover extraordinary maintenance costs
• Assist with salaries when necessary
• Over 8,500 guests annually at museum to see
exhibits, or participate in meetings and events
Goal for
endowments: $1,500,000
~ Spirit Center: $1,000,000
~ Museum: $500,000
(already had $600,000)
The Historical Museum at
St. Gertrude is a popular destination for school groups.
Campaign Gift Updates
UPDATE 09/20/09
Amount over goal
$98,597
Click on image for
full-size chart
Within our
main Capital Campaign we conducted a focused
mini-campaign, “See Our Life, Share Our Future”,
inviting people to sponsor a monastery window.
Two very
successful phonathons raised $329,221 as part of this
mini-campaign. This, along with prior contributions,
raised $575,817 of the $606,000 goal for windows.
($31,183 of the goal remains, that donors could still
direct toward windows.)
Thank you all for your
generous support.
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