St. Joseph’s has always put people ahead of buildings. We invested time and money to keep our school and daycare going while letting many building improvements slip by in the process. The irony of that approach has unfortunately come back to bite us. John Ireland School considered remaining at St. Joseph’s, but left because our building needed more updating than those of our neighboring parishes. More recently, our aging convent building caused another departure and our daycare was forced to find a new location with better facilities. We now have to play “catch up” with our buildings so that we can continue to support our current ministries and eventually update and improve. Like our people, our buildings are our “treasures.” We hope to share some estimated costs and potential plans for improvements sometime next month.