BY FRANK X. ELLIS

Special To The Bulletin

DOUGLASVILLE--Members of St. Theresa’s Church joined their spiritual leaders Oct. 27 in breaking ground for a new parish Education/Activities Building. The new building will be immediately adjacent to the church at 4401 Prestley Mill Road.

Archbishop John F. Donoghue, along with the church’s pastor Father Stewart Wilber, and a number of parish leaders turned the soil for the facility following a brief ceremony.

Four-year-old children from the church’s school of religion offered a musical number after which appropriate Scripture and other readings took place.

Steve Rainwater of Rainwater Construction Co. of Atlanta, general contractor for the project, later outlined details of the new structure, which will be a two story, brick building with a metal roof.

“There will be approximately 12,000 square feet of floor space,” he said. “We expect to complete the job within eight or nine months.”

“In addition, the project includes us re-roofing the existing church, remodeling the existing kitchen in the church basement into a commercial kitchen and expanding the parking lot. Overall, we’re talking about a total project of about $1.4 million,” Rainwater said.

The building will include 12 classrooms and offices.

According to Christine Quinn of the project’s building committee, there will be offices for the elementary education director, adult education and youth ministry and a conference area.

In his remarks the archbishop said the new structure, in addition to serving the needs of the parish community, points to the growing relationship between the Catholic parish and surrounding community of Douglasville and Douglas County.