Our Faith, Our Family, Our Future
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Donations to the Master Plan Development Fund are restricted and will be used for parish Master Plan capital projects.
These funds are not assessable by the Diocese, so 100% of your donation goes directly to the parish.
Thank you for your generosity!
CAMPAIGN UPDATE: $3.6 million level reached!
We have surpassed $3.6 million in pledges toward the $5 million goal! Thank you to all who have generously supported our campaign. This is a good start for our campaign and will make a difference as we work to construct a beautiful church worthy of God’s glory—a fitting home for Christ our King, and his Queen Mother, Mary.
Please join the 16% of the Parishioners who have made a pledge which will help make our dream of a new church a reality. Please make a pledge or make your online gift.
The Catholic community of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish is truly special, yet we lack a home where we can all gather to worship God our Father.
As the town has grown, so have we. While blessed by this increased attendance, our parishioners often experience standing room only and spill over into Highberger Hall. This has led some to attend other churches. We know more friends and relatives would join us if seating were available. Plus, we need room to welcome more new families into our flock.
Building a new church for Our Lady of Guadalupe is now essential – not just something we want – if our parish is to keep growing and fulfilling its role in revitalizing the Church and serving the Queen Creek community.
Our New Church
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We want to build a new church on our property that will more than double our worship capacity.
Features include:
- A nave of 30,000 square feet
- Seating for 800
- A larger sacristy, confessionals, adoration chapel
- A cry room, a bridal room, office, and meeting spaces
- New restrooms built for large-scale use and a utility/laundry room
Did you know?
Our Lady appeared to Juan Diego in October 1531.
Wouldn’t it be amazing to have our new church dedicated on the 500th anniversary? Let’s build it!
Our Goal
The goal of Our Faith, Our Family, Our Future is to raise $5 million over the next three years. This will be added to the $2.2 million already collected. With an estimated project cost of between $10 and $12 million, this will put us in a strong financial position toward the construction of our new church.
Campaign Prayer
Heavenly Father, through the powerful intercession of Saint Joseph, Patron of workers and Protector of the Universal Church, You entrusted the Holy Family to his faithful care. In his humble workshop, he provided for their needs and taught Your Incarnate Son the dignity of labor and the art of building.
With childlike confidence, we turn to him now, asking his intercession as we seek to meet the vital needs of our parish and diocesan family through the Our Faith, Our Family, Our Future campaign for a new church.
Inspire us, O Lord, to imitate Saint Joseph’s generous stewardship and quiet obedience to Your will, so that our parish and diocese may be strengthened and renewed, better equipped to serve Christ our King and our neighbors in love.
We also implore the maternal help of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Star of the New Evangelization, who brought the light of Christ to the Americas. Through her intercession, grant that our efforts may bear abundant fruit for the growth of faith in Queen Creek and beyond.
We ask this through Christ our Lord, who shared with Saint Joseph and the Blessed Virgin Mary the hidden joys of family life and the fullness of divine love.
FAQs
Where is the money we have already collected? Donations made to the Building Fund (in past years) and to the current Our Faith, Our Family, Our Future capital campaign are in a restricted, dedicated account, set aside specifically for the construction of the new church. Interest generated is also for the new church. The account has a little more than $2.55 million dollars! These funds cannot be used for any other purpose. 100% of your donation goes directly to OLOG, stays with the parish, and does not go to the Diocese. To ensure your donation goes to the new church building and not the parish general fund, include a reference to the “Building Fund" on all checks and gifts.
Who is being asked to support the Our Faith, Our Family, Our Future campaign? Every family of Our Lady of Guadalupe will be asked to support the campaign. To be successful, it is critical that everyone participates.
What if I already give to the Building Fund? If you make regular contributions, we ask that you prayerfully consider an amount for this campaign, which can be fulfilled over the next 36 months. You can continue with your current amount or choose another amount and indicate it on your pledge card.
Can I still use the envelopes? Yes! The monthly envelopes can be used to make your pledge payments. You can also set up a recurring gift online.
I’m already giving to the building fund. Do I need to fill out a pledge card? Yes, a pledge is a commitment to make future contributions. The dollar amount on the thermometer indicates the number of pledges – not what’s in the building fund account. Financial contributions are added to the cash balance received but cannot be added to the pledge total because there’s no indication these contributions will continue.
When will we be breaking ground? When we have a construction contract, funds in the account, and sufficient pledges to support the construction contract, then the diocese will assist OLOG in seeking a mortgage. The diocese will not contribute any funds. We cannot start construction until we have sufficient funds and pledges to convince a lender to provide a mortgage. Construction costs will increase over time, so we want to secure as many pledges as possible now in order to not delay construction. Please consider making your pledge today to help OLOG advance the construction start date.