Post on 01-Apr-2015
HELP KEEP OUR NATIONAL CHURCH CENTER!
National Church Center Fund-Raising Campaign
May 2009 – May 2010
Some terms to know
• PNCC– Polish National Catholic Church
• PNU– Polish National Union (Our fraternal)
• PNU Building (purchased by PNCC)– “headquarters” of the PNU
• NCC– National Church Center– “headquarters” of the PNCC
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
• Background
• Keeping the NCC
• Goals of this campaign
• How can you help?
• Businesses have headquarters
• Schools have principals’ offices
• Airports have air traffic control
towers
• Cities have city halls
• The PNCC has the National Church Center
What is the National Church Center?
We have many parishes.
Together we are the
Polish National
Catholic Church.
The National Church CenterThe National Church Center
unifies us.unifies us.
The NCC relates to all of us, and
it plays many roles in the PNCC.
The National Church Center is important to the PNCC.
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Planning
Roles of the NCC
Supreme Council Meetings
General Synods
National Events & Conferences
Commission Meetings
Mission & Evangelism Projects
Retreats
Fund-raising Campaigns
Planning
Roles of the NCC
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Administration
Administration
• Committee appointments• Federal & state filings• Clergy health insurance support• Retiree support• Legal and financial advisory services
Roles of the NCC
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Communications
Website: www.pncc.org
Emergency communications (e.g. deaths, floods)
Receive and meet with guests and officials
Communications
Letters, memos, emails to:
God’s Field - Rola Boza.
• Bishops• Priests • Parishes • Committees• Commissions
Roles of the NCC
Operations
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Operations
Annual PNCC budgetSeminary budget Clergy Pension Fund Committee supportMaintain records of dioceses, parishes and clergyCommission meetings and conferences
Operate the PNC Bookstore
Operations
Roles of the NCC
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Facilities
Facilities
PNCC Archives include historical materials on:
• Bishop Francis Hodur
• Prime Bishops, Bishops and Priests• Dioceses and Individual Parishes• General, Special & Diocesan Synods• Documents, Letters & PNCC Publications• Photographs• Vestments & Artifacts
Records of the Prime Bishops
Research Library - part of Seminary Library
National Church Center Chapel
Roles of the NCC
Planning
Operations
Publications
Facilities
Administration
Communications
National Church Center
Publications
Publications
School of Christian Living Curriculum Materials
Liturgical books and pamphlets
PNCC Altar Missal
God’s Field – Rola Boza – Church newspaper.
School of Christian Living Curriculum Materials
Catechisms and Workbooks
Liturgical books and pamphlets
Mass Pew Books
PNCC Altar Missal
God’s Field – Rola Boza – Church newspaper.
Publications
Brochures and Posters
Constitution of the PNCC
Polka – Women’s Journal
Ordo & Liturgical Calendars
School of Christian Living Curriculum Materials
Catechisms and Workbooks
Liturgical books and pamphlets
Mass Pew Books
PNCC Altar Missal
God’s Field – Rola Boza – Church newspaper.
Publications
So you see the NCC plays a central role in the PNCC.
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
• Background
• Keeping the NCC
• Goals of this campaign
• How can you help?
For decades we, the PNCC, have had a close alliance with the PNU.
PNCC has close ties with the PNU
Since 1969 the two organizations have had offices in thesame building.
PNCC and PNU cooperate
The PNU built a new, modern building in 1991, and we,
the PNCC, bought 30%.
Recently, state laws governing
fraternal insurance companies
changed.
This change caused the
PNU to divest itself
of its real estate.
PNU required to sell building
PNCC considers buying PNU Building
• Diocesan representatives and all bishops make up the Supreme Council
• The Supreme Council makes decisions for the
PNCC between Synods
• The Supreme Council considered purchasing the PNU Building
Much analysis occurred before the vote
• Countless prayers
• Numerous meetings• Months of discussion• Extensive analysis
…and a decision was reached...
…to buy the PNU Building...
...but funds are needed...
$2.3 million dollars to be exact!
...so the Supreme Council voted to establish a fund-raising campaign to enable the PNCC to purchase the PNU Building.
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
• Background
• Keeping the NCC
• Goals of this campaign
• How can you help?
Goals of this Fund-Raising Campaign...
• raise $2.3 million • pay off loan on PNU building• make it the permanent home of NCC
$2.3 million
$1.2 million needed
$1.1 million already pledged
OUR GOAL
Thanks to the generosity of District #6 of the PNU and the Western Diocese for the sizeable pledges.
$1.2 million more are needed to pay off the building loan.
Thank you
Without an air traffic control tower…
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
…planes collide.
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
Without an air traffic control tower…
Without the hub…
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
…a wheel falls apart.
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
Without the hub…
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
Without the NCC…
…there is nothing to keep the
PNCC unified.
Without the NCC…
WHY IS KEEPING THE NCC SO IMPORTANT?
The NCC unifies us.
TODAY’S DISCUSSION
• Background
• Keeping the NCC
• Goals of this campaign
• How can you help?
What can you do to help reach our goal?
Donations
Pledges
...and the most important way you can help is...
FundraisersBequests
Insurance$2.3M
Prayer
“And whatever
you ask in prayer,
you will receive,
if you have faith.”
Matthew 21:22
Donations
$2.3M
Make donations to:
PNCC National Church Center Fund1006 Pittston Avenue
Scranton, PA 18505-4109
What can you do to help reach our goal?
What can you do to help reach our goal? $2.3M
Pledges
If you pledge $1 a day
for 3 years, you will have
donated over $1000.
Make a pledge.
What can you do to help reach our goal? $2.3M
Fundraisers
Organize a fundraiser through one of your
church societies.
What can you do to help reach our goal?
Bequests
$2.3M
Make an estate bequest.
What can you do to help reach our goal? $2.3M
Insurance
Purchase a life insurance policy in which the PNCC National Church Center is the beneficiary.
The PNU has special plans for this purpose.
WE WILL MEET OUR GOAL, IF…
THIS MANY PEOPLE DONATE THIS MUCH
1 $ 1,200,000
2 $ 600,000
4 $ 300,000
10 $ 120,000
100 $ 12,000
1000 $ 1,200
10,000 $ 120
We pray that the Lord will provide and bless the fruits of our labor, so that we and generations to come may continue His work through the PNCC.
Please support the PNCC National Church Center
Campaign!
We are counting on you!
Let’s all work together to help keep our National Church Center.
If all of us contribute, we will reach our goal.
Then our National Church Center Building can be passed
on to the next generation of Polish National Catholics.
With God all things are possible!
Together we will reach our goal!
May the words of Bishop Hodur inscribed in Polish on the
cornerstone of the building continue to inspire us:
”ALWAYS FORWARD, NEVER BACK”
With Truth, Work and Strugglewe will succeed!
Thank you for your support!