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!