Submitted
Over the past few weeks a team of five Fernie Ghostriders and some seasonal and local parishioners helped Father Marcel dig out the enormous basement below the Holy Family Catholic Church. Between 2005 and 2013 the Holy Family Church, which was completed after the Great Fire of 1908, was restored inside and out, however the state of the basement had never been addressed until Father Marcel arrived this winter. He and his team of workers dug for days with shovels and pickaxes and removed load upon load of dirt and rock up through the basement windows.
After removing dirt, the entire area was concreted by a local contractor. Thanks to our strong young hockey players the church foundation will hold up for another 100 years or more.