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The Marian Garden at Saint Eugene Catholic Church
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Important!If you purchased a brick for the Marian Shrine Garden, we want to make sure your brick says what you want it to. Please email your name, mailing address, email, and what you would like your brick to say to [email protected]
There has been a change in brick size—the architects have advised us that we can now only fit 2 lines per brick. It is possible to have up to 20 characters per line (including spaces and punctuation), but 15 characters per line seems to be the most legible.
So sorry for the inconvenient, but if your brick has 3 lines—pleased contact the church office or email [email protected] to update what your brick says.
The last day to purchase a brick is December 31st!
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*Update 9/18/24 per Fr. Jim*
"We are finalizing plans for the new Marian Garden and shrine. The statue is being crafted in Italy and the updates they've sent us look great. We've had over 100 people contribute a commemorated brick to the project (we have many more available). Fundraising is
going fine, mainly due to the beauty of the project and the fact that we Catholics love any opportunity to honor our Blessed Lady.
We have four good-sized trees that we are offering to be named in exchange for $5,000 dollars. There will also be a bench that we are offering to be named in exchange for $10,000. Contact Sharon in the office if your family is interested in claiming any one of these naming opportunities."
The company building the Early Childhood Center will also construct the garden, saving us on costs. If you donate $1,000 or over, your gift will be memorialized on a plaque; gifts of $150 or more will be offered a brick to memorialize. Please communicate with Sharon, our Director of Operations, for the brick memorialization.Donate via Faith Direct here:"The garden promises to become a gathering spot for prayer and mediation, as well as a perfect spot for photos. I think the climbing roses will be a very striking backdrop. I confess that I have personal reasons for promoting this garden. I believe that it is important for Catholic parishes to construct beautiful and inviting outdoor prayer spaces, especially ones that honor the Blessed Virgin Mary. If we honor her, we can be assured that Jesus will honor our efforts. Also, in a world that can sometimes be unfeeling and cruel, it's important to celebrate the maternal impulse. Our mothers gave us life; Mary, the mother of the Church, gave us our Lord, the author of eternal life. Thank you to those who have already donated!! I have been moved by your generosity."
-Fr. Jim
