Our Lady of the Rosary and the Diocese of Richmond have successfully bid for the purchase of the former Bank of America building on Crozet Ave.

The next step will be to close on the property in thirty days. Although nothing is final until closing, we have every intention of proceeding to closing. When we take possession, we will be working to transform the space to be suitable for Mass. The plan is to celebrate our first Mass on Saturday evening, October 7 th , the Solemnity of Our Lady of the Rosary. This will be the only “Sunday” Mass for that weekend. Thereafter, we will be returning to our 10:00 a.m. Mass time. NOTE: these dates are subject to change. 

The renovations will take time, and from time to time it will seem like we are celebrating Mass on a building site. But I am sure that most of us would prefer to= celebrate in our own space rather than renting from others. I plan on working with Dixon Studios of Staunton, Virginia who are Catholic Liturgical designers to develop ideas for the renovation. I will also be reforming the Building Committee into two committees, one to deal with the renovation of the building and a second to restart the Capital Campaign. There will obviously need to be opportunities for regular updates. I will try to be available for questions, but we will have to work out those details later. In addition, we will be reinvigorating the Capital Campaign.

Again, to everyone congratulations! I want to give special thanks to Mike Marshall, Frank Ceronne, Julie Bowns, all our staff (present and past), all the members of the Building Committee, Parish Leadership Committee, Pastoral Councils and Finance Councils through the years, all the parishioners who began this project well before I arrived on the scene, and all the parishioners whose generosity have made this day possible.
In Christ,
Msgr. Tim Keeney