An open letter to the parishioners of St. Mary's Kansas
How wonderful it is the SSPX is building a new church to honor the Immaculata .By the looks of the fund raising art work it is to be a beautiful and holy church but a word of caution if I may . We in Phoenix were promised a beautiful and holy church as well and like you we had accompanying art work also, like you there was huge fund raising efforts . I would like to tell you everything went smoothly and today we have a church that honors Our Lady of Sorrows and the Mass of all time but that would be a lie and believe me there has been enough lies over the building of this church I have no wish to ad to it . As soon a the pledges were collected and the financing squared away and ground was broke, changes were made both big and small without a word as to why .We were left with a huge debt,cost overruns and a half finished church that best resembles through sight and sound a warehouse . Estimates are we wont be completely finished with the construction for 10 years at which time we more than likely will have to redo a lot of the old construction as there are cracks and defects showing up everywhere and our church is less than 5 years old .So beware because this not the church we pledged ,This is not the church we were told about in the fundraiser pamphlets, this is not the church we were promised from the pulpit. If you are thinking that the way around that is to donate or pledge for a specific item or need like the windows or landscape or a statue. I'm afraid that there is no guarantee it will be used for that. It is no more safe then it is the general building fund . We collected thousands of dollars for the windows and thousands more for other projects only to have the money misappropriated and used for other things . So just be prepared for what is coming and I hope with these words of warning and advice you fare better then we have