Parish History

	St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church Lee's Summit's Newest Parish-Founded June 23, 1999 Rev. Robert H. Stewart, Pastor

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1996	The Parish Ministry Council of Our Lady of Presentation began serious discussions about the overcrowding at all of the Masses
1997	Our Lady Of The Presentation church had grown to more than 9,000 members. This rapid growth and a generous donation of 15 acres of land triggered the Diocese to explore the possibility of a new parish. Rather than taking a traditional approach to the issue, Diocese and parish leadership championed this new process. A "Future Search" Conference was held the weekend of February 28, 1997. Approximately 80 members of the Our Lady of the Presentation and members of the Diocesan staff met for 16 hours over three days to discuss their visions and explore necessary relationships among parish members, parishes, and the Diocese. As the conference closed, all were amazed that they had developed a common vision of the future and formed necessary committees to begin the investigation of a new parish.
1998	Discussion continued in Various forms and in various groups until June 1998 when, armed with a survey of Mass-attending parishioners, the Ministry Council and Finance Committee officially endorsed a plan to form a new parish in Lee's Summit. Bishop Raymond Boland took those recommendations under advisement, and after much consultation with various Diocesan groups, he determined that indeed a new parish should be formed in Lee's Summit- Virtually in accord with the parish's recommendations Bishop Boland affirmed that the name of the new parish was to be St. Margaret's in memory of the late Margaret Gibson of Our Lady of the Presentation Parish. She was the wife of William R. Gibson, who donated the land for the new parish in her memory.
1999 2000 2001 2003 2004	The official beginning of the parish took place at Mass at Prairie View Elementary School on Todd George Road on July 4, 1999 at 10:00 AM Pictures of the First Mass: FirstMass.htm Our first Capital Campaign began. Our goal was 1.5 million. We received from 309 parishioners pledges for one million dollars. Our ground breaking ceremony was celebrated at our 2nd annual parish picnic. In May the bulldozers moved onto the property to begin moving dirt. Our First Mass in our own Worship Space was Sept. 19, 2004. Video will be available soon. Mass was followed by a reception under the tent outside on the parish grounds. Blessing and Dedication was October 16, 2004 with Most Reverend Raymond J. Boland, Bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph and Most Reverend Robert W. Flynn, Coadjustor Bishop Kansas City-St. Joseph Presiding. On November 10, 2004 our Founding Pastor Rev. Michael D. Rice retired. Rev. Robert H. Stewart became our Pastor.