Frequently Asked Questions

Q: If your plans fall through, what will happen to the donated funds?

A: If this were to happen, we will donate all funds to local pregnancy care centers. The centers we have decided on are Pregnancy Center Plus, Pregnancy Center West, Old St. Mary's Pregnancy Center, and Women's Care Center.

Q: How much money do you need to raise?

A: Due to the normal processes that must take place between the Parish Family and the Archdiocese, we do not have anything official. However, in informal discussions with parish and diocesan leaders, we have been advised that we should set our initial goal around 2 or 2.5 million. This money will be very beneficial to the new Parish Family and will assist the Holy Name parishioners in settling into their new home at Annunciation.

Q: Will you continue fundraising after the church is transferred to you?

A: Yes! We will need to take care of some deferred maintenance, and there are some projects we would like to do in order to better facilitate turning the church into a shrine for the victims of abortion. After that, there will always be general upkeep and utility costs, so we will always need donations.

Q: Deferred Maintenance has frequently been mentioned in discussions about the church. Can you elaborate on that?

A: There is quite a bit of repair work that will need to be done. The whole building needs to be tuckpointed, and the roof needs some repair. Because these issues have been present for some time now, there is water damage in the stairwell behind one of the sacristies. We've been told that the boiler needs repair, but we are not sure of the extent. Some of the concrete steps on the property are beginning to crumble at the edges. These are the main issues we know of right now.

Q: What do you have in mind when speaking of a "Shrine for the victims of abortion"?

A: A few ideas we have are to have a memorial garden where grieving mothers/families can place a memorial stone in honor of their child(ren) lost to Abortion. We also would like to have a statue of Our Lady during her pregnancy, with a plaque that says "Blessed is the Fruit of your womb". There are two alcoves/side altars in the church, one of them will have an image of the Divine Mercy, with the words "Neither do I condemn you", while the other will have Our Lady of Guadalupe with the words "Am I not here? I, who am your mother?"

We want this shrine to be a beautiful place where the surviving victims of abortion- the mothers, fathers, family members, and abortion workers- can find mercy, hope, and healing. We are hoping to have more details and visualizations on the future plans for the shrine, as well as for the deferred maintenance/repairs, as soon as we can work out some details.