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 Trypillian
Village is intended to be a community where you'll have
the opportunity to be active and involved. You're more
than welcome to participate in any or ALL of the many activities
scheduled at the church, Heritage Center and Community
Center. And if you'd like to start an activity
of your own, please let us know.
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| Monday, August 13th, 2007 | | LETTER TO OUR FRIENDS |
Dear Friends,
We write to you with a heavy heart. We are approaching a sad day for The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the project to build a retirement community for Ukrainians that we’ve named Trypillian Village.
Despite years of planning and preparation, the efforts and support of many parishioners and professionals, and considerable financial backing and a solid business plan for its success, our project is in serious danger of being cancelled by the Archdiocese.
We need your help!
As you know, the goal of the project was three-fold. Our intention was to utilize 90 acres of currently church-owned property:
- To relocate our church from a rapidly deteriorating inner city environment to a safe and secure brand new church that would be constructed on our land in an easily accessible suburban location outside of Reading
- To build a retirement community where you would have the opportunity to celebrate your Ukrainian heritage, honor your traditions and glorify the faith of our fathers with others who enjoy the same things you do
- To construct, develop and promote a Ukrainian Heritage Center to preserve and protect our culture while attracting Ukrainian people both locally and throughout the country to our community
This new community would offer a neighborhood atmosphere where you could attend church, experience the Ukrainian Heritage Center or relax and have fun at the Community Activity Center...all within walking distance of each other.
We have prepared and planned. We have received assurances from banks, appraisers, realtors, local government and the local community that our proposed project is viable. With the financial backing and the professional and public support we have noted above, they have assured us that it has every chance to become a resounding success.
Additionally, we have had more than 50 potential residents who have expressed interest in moving to Trypillian Village and becoming members of our parish. That represents nearly fifty percent occupancy of the 101 units we propose to build… with very little aggressive marketing or promotion to date.
We had hoped that the new church and this new community, anchored in our Ukrainian heritage, culture and abiding faith, would be a valuable contribution to the archdiocese, to Ukrainian Catholics not only throughout Berks County, but across the entire United States, and to the people and the community at large.
We continue to believe that this is true. We are admittedly discouraged at this time, but we have not lost faith.
We implore you to make your feelings known in supporting our cause. Our proposed community has every opportunity to be successful now, in the future, and for generations to come. We believe the very existence of our parish is at stake.
Just as our forebears, who made a leap of faith when founding our parish, provided the hard work, diligence and support to succeed in this new world, we ask you to do the same by coming to the aid of The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Trypillian Village and the Ukrainian Heritage Center.
We ask you to add your voice to our own. Please call Msgr. Peter Waslo at the chancery today at 215-627-0143. Tell him that you support Trypillian Village and want to see this dream come to life. Ask your friends and relatives to call as well. Your call will make a difference!
Respectfully Yours,
Your Friends at Trypillian Village
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| Saturday, September 8th, 2007 | | OFFICAL GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY |
Place: Future Site of Trypillian Village
Expected to attend this ceremony are Archbishop Stefan Soroka, Fr. Uriy Markewych, members of the Trypillian Village Planning Committee, and parishioners from the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church.
Prospective residents and guests are welcome to attend. If you plan to attend, please contact us so we can welcome you to Trypillian Village. |
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