
"The most generous choices, especially the persevering, are the fruit of profound and prolonged union with God in prayerful silence."
- Saint John Paul II
We have been so blessed by your prayers and generosity toward this mission of prayer and have made significant progress during 2022. If you are able, please consider a gift that will help us to open and complete the stone chapel of St. Joseph.
We have been so blessed by all who have joined us in this mission of providing a place of rest, refreshment, and encounter with God for Catholic religious and lay faithful in the Archdiocese of Denver and beyond. Because of your generosity, we are completing both the Saint Francis of Assisi and the Saint Ignatius of Loyola hermitages, as well as the chapel foundation and critical Phase I solar power infrastructure.
We continue the process of obtaining our commercial well permit, which is necessary in order to open to the public. Our plan and prayer is to open Patris Corde Hermitage in August of 2023, with reservations beginning in the late Spring.
In 2023, our goal is to open Patris Corde Hermitage, complete the Chapel of Saint Joseph, and install final utilities and infrastructure prior to opening. In addition to what we have laid aside, the total needed to complete these items is $568,846. Please consider a gift that will help us to open and to complete the chapel - an oratory dedicated to the Eucharist and to prayer for retreatants.
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Patris Corde Hermitage is a registered public 501(c)(3) charity; our FEIN number is 88-0639678. God has blessed us to be able to cover the founders' time and labor in building and acting as general contractors. Because of this, we are able to use all outside donations very efficiently.
Total 2023 Fundraising Goal:
$568,846
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Total Donated Toward Goal:
2023 FUNDRAISING GOAL
Completion of Saint Joseph's Chapel
Building & Maintenance Labor/Part
Time Admin
Well and Water Treatment System
Planning/Legal
Land Clearing/Landscaping
Utilities
Promotional/Administrative
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Total 2023 Fundraising Goal
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$367,375.00
$69,157.00
$57,610.00
$31,580.00
$24,510.00
$9,420.00
$9,194.00
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$568,846.00
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Pictured are the Companions of Christ saying Mass on the chapel foundation.
