Annual Report & Letter to Parishioners 2014-2015 Building Campaign Update

Well over six years into my pastorate here at St. Mark’s

University Parish, I can say that I have gained valuable

experience as both a leader and mentor to young adults. As you

know, we have a rather unique parish in that the majority of

people who pass through the doors of our church are young and

here temporarily, perhaps four to five years at most, leading to

constant change and turnover. Still, I find that working with

young people has been one of the more extraordinary

experiences of my priestly life. Here at St. Mark’s, we can

literally and figuratively change lives and bring young adults a

sense of peace and confidence about their holy Catholic faith as they encounter many

different secular viewpoints at a public university such as UCSB.

The major project of our parish these past two years – a 2M fundraising effort to

provide an overall renewal to our building along with the addition of a modest hall

and kitchen – is now well over half-way completed. (In this newsletter, our campaign

chair Richard Danduran provides us with some of the details of our progress.) I say

“half-way,” because at this point, we have raised well over half of the necessary

funds. Earlier this year we received initial approvals for our project from both the

Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the County of Santa Barbara Board of Architectural

Review. As this newsletter goes to print, we are preparing for our formal plan review

with the Archdiocese. We still have a ways to go with our fundraising and final

plans, but this is perhaps expected in a parish that has - as a majority of her

parishioners - students. I want to thank all of those who have made a pledge large or

small to our “Casting the Light of Faith” capital campaign and for all of those who

have made St. Mark’s a true home-away-from home for our student and family

community. —Fr. John W Love, Pastor

Celebrating 50 Years as a

Student Parish

Community

+1966-2016 +

Acabando mis primeros seis años de mi pastorado qui en San Marcos, puedo decir que he ganado una valiosa experiencia tanto como líder y mentor para los jóvenes. Como ustedes saben, tenemos una parroquia única, pues la mayoría de las personas que pasan por nuestras puertas son jóvenes y usualmente están aquí temporalmente mientras acaban sus cuatro años de universidad. Aún así, me parece que mi trabajo con los jóvenes ha sido una de las más extraordinarias experiencias de mi vida sacerdotal, especialmente cuando considero que podemos dar nuestros estudiantes la paz y la confianza en su santa fe católica aquí en un ambiente secular como UCSB. El gran proyecto de nuestra parroquia durante estos últimos dos años—un esfuerzo de recaudación $2M en fondos para proporcionar una renovación de nuestro edificio—está ahora más de medio camino completo. (En este boletín, nuestro puesto de campaña, Richard Danduran, nos proporcionará algunos de los detalles de nuestro progreso). Digo “medio camino” porque en este punto, hemos recaudado más de la mitad de los fondos necesarios, y al principio de este año recibimos aprobación formal para nuestro proyecto de parte de la Aquidiócesis de Los Angeles y al igual que de la Junta de Revisión Arquitectónica de Santa Bárbara. Mientras este boletín se imprime, estamos preparando para nuestra revision del plan formal con la Arquiciócesis. Todavía tenemos mucho que completer, pero esto es quizás expectado de una parroquia que tiene una mayoria de feligreses que son estestudiantes. Quiero agradecer a todos los que han hecho una promesa grande o pequeña hacia nuestra campaña “Echando la Luz de la Fe” y para todos aquellos que han hecho San Marcos su hogar.

BAPTISMS 48

FIRST COMMUNIONS 29

Quinceaneras 9

CONFIRMATIONS 9

MARRIAGES 3

FUNERALS 3

Parish Goal $14,800 Amount Pledged $20,873.00 Amount Paid $19,621.38 Amount over Pledge $4,821.39 Number of Participants: 291 (as of 29 October, 2015)

Sacramental statistics 2015

TOGETHER IN MISSION 2015

Operating Revenue 2014-2015

Religious Education 3,565

Envelopes

62,584

Cash & Special

Collections 85,220

Sacramental

Donations 10,954

Events Fundraising 918

Rentals and Fees (net) 3,762

Subsidy from

Archdiocese 69,936

TOTAL INCOME $236,939

Operating Expenses

Salaries and Benefits 105,892

Insurances 39,208

Ministry Expenses 49,515

Rectory Expenses 13,513

Property Tax 1,095

Office Expenses 7,566

Utilities &

Communications 17,738

Repairs and Maintenance 6,981

Charity 8,315

TOTAL EXPENSES $249,823

NET INCOME $ -12,884

STATEMENT OF OPERATION

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Fall 2015 Student STATISTICS

SEARCH Retreat Participants and Leaders 52 Bible Studies 9 Bible Study Participants 107 FOCUS Disciples 30 UCSB/FOCUS Missionary Applicants 4 FOCUS National Conference Attendees 12 Friday Friars Grad Student Outreach 15 Average Student Sunday Mass attendance 400 Average 7:00pm Sunday Mass attendance 275 Average Daily Mass Attendance 26

Yearly average income

Hello, my name is Jorge R. Castaneda and I am an Econ-Math undergraduate student at UCSB. I am also the Chair of St. Mark’s Finance Council and I would like to give you an update on the parish finances for the year ending June 2015.

70% of our parish revenue comes from our weekly envelopes, cash, sacramental and special collections. Both the percentage and the amount are unchanged from last year. We receive about 30% of our funds through the Together in Mission collection as a direct recipient of the program funds. Last year, we disclosed that our subsidy from the Together in Mission has been slowly decreasing over time and this continued this year with a six percent decrease. So, overall our 2015 parish revenue decreased slightly compared to 2014. Aware of this slightly negative trend, steps were taken to limit our operational expenses. In this past year we have achieved reductions in the following: insurances, office expenses, rectory expenses, utilities and communication, repairs and maintenance, and property taxes. Nonetheless, even with the reduction of these expenses, our ministry expenses and salaries/benefits grew at a greater rate and our total expenses increased. Accordingly, with little change in revenue and an increase in overall expenses our parish had a slight loss for the year. Our main priority in the years to come will be to further evaluate our operating expenses, while finding creative ways to grow our operating revenue. The Finance Council will continue to work with Father Love to ensure our financial stability in 2016 and beyond.

Jorge Casteñeda Finance Council Chair

Hola, me llamo Jorge R. Castañeda, soy un estudiante de pregrado Econ Matemáticas en la UCSB . Yo también soy el presidente de la mesa directiva de económicos de San Marcos y me gustaría darle una actualización sobre las finanzas de la parroquia para el año que se finaliza en junio de 2015. 70% de nuestros ingresos parroquiales provienen de la nuestros sobres semanales, dinero en efectivo, colecciones sacramentales y especiales. Ni el porcentaje ni la cantidad han cambiado desde el año pasado. Recibimos alrededor del 30% de nuestros fondos a través del conjunto de la colección Misión como beneficiaros directos de los fondos del programa. El año pasado, revelamos que nuestro subsidio de Juntos en Misión ha yendo disminuyendo poco a poco con el tiempo y esto continuó este año con una disminución del seis por ciento. Así que, en general nuestros ingresos parroquiales del 2015 disminuyó un poco en comparación con el año 2014. Siendo conscientes de este curso negativo, se tomaron medidas para limitar los gastos operacionales. En este último año hemos logrado una reducción significativa en lo siguiente: seguros, gastos de oficina, gastos de rectoría, servicios públicos y comunicaciones, reparaciones y mantenimiento, y los impuestos de propiedad. Sin embargo, incluso con la reducción de estos gastos, los gastos del ministerio y salarios / beneficios crecieron a una proporción mayor y nuestros gastos totales se incrementaron. En consecuencia, con pocos cambios en los ingresos y un aumento de los gastos generales, nuestra parroquia tenía una ligera pérdida en el año. Nuestra principal prioridad en los próximos años será la de evaluar aún más nuestros gastos de operación, mientras que encontramos formas creativas para hacer crecer nuestros ingresos de funcionamiento también. El concilio financiero continuará trabajando con el Padre Amor para asegurar nuestra estabilidad financiera en el año 2016 y más allá. Jorge Casteñeda

Letter from the Finance Council Chair

I want to take this opportunity to share some news about our capital campaign, Casting the Light of Faith. As most of you know, elements of our original plans were rejected by the County of Santa Barbara Board of Architectural Review. Our architectural team has made the changes the County of Santa Barbara requested, and our project is now approved for working plans. I hope you all had a chance to take a look at the new drawings displayed in the church. They are beautiful. Along with the county's approval we need to secure the Archdiocesan Construction Department's final approval our project. Over the last year, our Building Committee has been meeting with officials, and they feel we have a very solid project. We will go for final approval in early February, 2016 and are confident that the project will meet the approvals of both the County of Santa Barbara and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. That brings us to fundraising. As Fr. Love mentions in his letter, we are more than halfway to our goal with $1.2 million in cash and pledges. We cannot express our gratitude enough to the people inside and outside the parish who have made contributions to this project. Our fundraising efforts continue with plans for two or three more fundraising events to attract major gifts. The first event is scheduled for February, 2016. I'm very confident that we will get approval from the County of Santa Barbara and from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. I also feel confident that with your help we will finish up our fundraising efforts and be able to put this project out for bid by late 2016. Thank you and may God richly bless you, Richard Danduran

CASTING THE LIGHT OF FAITH UPDATE

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Total Outside Gifts—25 Families & Foundations Largest Outside Gift—$250,000 Average Outside Gift—22,331 Total Outside Giving—580,097 Total Inside Gifts—115 Families Largest Inside Gift—$50,000 Average Inside Gift—4,200 Total Inside Giving—483,001.77 Cash-on-hand restricted to building campaign—$140,000 (from sale of URC building) Total cash and pledges as of December, 2015—$1,203,098

Casting the Light of Faith Giving Statistics

Progress to 2M goal