Sacred Heart to expand, launches capital campaign

Adding a safe room for 400 people is a major feature of construction

Published: November 11, 2016

Members of the capital campaign steering committee at Sacred Heart in Morrilton are Carey Ruff, Angie Hartman, co-chairs Todd and Amy Hoyt and Lynlee and John Maus, Brandi Cooper, Misty Willbanks, Delores Hartman and Alisha Koonce.

MORRILTON — Sacred Heart Church and School announced Oct. 22 the public phase of a nearly $3 million campaign.

The campaign, titled “Serve the Present. Honor the Past. Inspire the Future.” will support the addition of a new school building, which will provide six classrooms for kindergarten to 12th grade students and a safe room for more than 400 people, as well as an expansion to the church. Nearly $1.6 million has already been committed toward the campaign.

The school addition will be built in place of the existing “convent” building, which was erected in 1950 and currently houses four classrooms and an office. The costs to bring the building up to code are significant, but the new building will meet those requirements while also providing two additional classrooms and the much-needed safe room, which the school and church can use during severe storms.

The church expansion will provide a 2,000-square-foot addition to the church vestibule, remodeling of existing bathroom/sacristy space and adding covered drop-off.

The campaign is being led by co-chairs Todd and Amy Hoyt and John and Lynlee Maus, along with a volunteer steering committee.

“We received our parish and school as a gift from Sacred Heart families who came before us,” said pastor Msgr. Jack Harris. “It is now our turn to add significantly to the beauty and effectiveness of this gift so that we can not only continue to use it well, but also be prepared to hand it on to those who will follow us.”

More information about the campaign is available at sacredheartmorrilton.org.

Click for the Catholic Schools Herald, November 2016 index