Ground broken for WF Catholic church, elementary school

Groundbreaking

Bishop John Folda speaks during groundbreaking ceremonies in West Fargo for Trinity Elementary School and the Holy Cross Catholic Church parish Thursday, April 24, 2014. David Samson / The Forum

WEST FARGO About 250 people crowded into the bus barn of Holy Cross Church on Thursday to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new Holy Cross site and Trinity Elementary School.

What was a dreary, drizzly, spring noon hour for most of the F-M area was a lot brighter in the oversized-garage as the crowd joyfully sang hymns.

Its an amazing occasion, and were so happy weve come to this point, said Bishop John Folda, the leader of the Fargo Catholic Diocese.

Theres a lot of work yet to be done, but were moving. Its exciting, Folda told the crowd.

When events moved outdoors, the crowd was spared from rain during the ceremonial turning of the earth with shovels. They then applauded and cheered when Folda climbed into the cab of a Komatsu excavator to use its bucket to take a more emphatic bite out of the sopped soil at 2820 Bluestem Drive.

The 76,000 square feet of the combined Holy Cross Church and Trinity Elementary will be built on 12 acres about a quarter-mile south of Costco and a couple of blocks west of Veterans Boulevard.

It is an area of West Fargo quickly filling with homes, condominiums, businesses and apartment complexes.

Folda told those assembled that Trinity will be the first new school in the Blessed John Paul II Catholic Schools Network in decades. He added that construction of a newer, larger Holy Cross Church will be a new step in the life of that congregation.

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Ground broken for WF Catholic church, elementary school