Priest Retirement Center Improvements

This Giving Tuesday, join us in supporting the Priest Retirement Center — a home that, for more than 30 years, has cared for retired and active priests who serve the faithful of our diocese. Part of Bishop Eugene Gerber’s vision for the Catholic Life Center campus, the Priest Retirement Center offers a peaceful and prayerful community where priests continue to live out their vocation in service, fraternity, and prayer.

In recent years, the Center’s chapel, community kitchen, and community room have been beautifully renovated — creating brighter, more welcoming spaces for prayer and fellowship. Now, attention turns to the next phase of improvements: updating apartments and rooms that have seen little renovation since the Center was first built. Your generosity will support essential updates that enhance comfort, safety, and community life — including new carpeting, appliances, lighting, and accessibility improvements.

Your gift helps:

Maintain comfortable, accessible living spaces for both retired and active priests.
Foster community through refreshed spaces that encourage prayer, fellowship, and connection.
Ensure a warm, welcoming environment where our priests can live with dignity, peace, and gratitude.

Together, we can honor the priests who have given — and continue to give — so much. Your gift ensures they live surrounded by care, gratitude, and love in the place they call home. May God bless you for your generosity!

SUPPORT RETIRED PRIESTS OF THE DIOCESE!

Item	Location	Estimated Cost
New carpeting	Main hallway / apartment entrances	$30,000
Window shades and install (per apartment)	Guest room	$900
Bedroom furniture and bedding (per apartment)	Guest room	$550
New appliances (per apartment): Range, refrigerator, microwave and dishwasher	Apartment	$2,500

The community room at the Priest Retirement Center received a recent renovation.

View of the recently renovated entry area of the Priest Retirement Center on the campus of the Catholic Life Center. Through the double doors is the St. John Vianney Chapel.

Vicar for Retired Priests and Priest Director of the Priest Retirement Center, Rev. Michael Baldwin, stands in the renovated St. John Vianney Chapel at the Center.

An existing apartment kitchen at the Priest Retirement Center in Bel Aire.

As part of the next phase of upgrades to the Priest Retirement Center, we hope to replace the carpet in the hallways and entryway (pictured above) with a more durable carpet.

Existing carpet at the entrance of an apartment at the Priest Retirement Center.

Testimonials:

“Every vocation to the priesthood is a lifelong ‘yes’ to God’s call. As our older priests enter retirement, it’s our turn to say ‘yes’ to them — by ensuring they have a peaceful, welcoming place to rest and pray, surrounded by brothers who share the same mission of faith.”

-Rev. Michael Baldwin, Vicar for Retired Priests and Priest Director of the Priest Retirement Center

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