HONORING OUR LADY’S MESSAGE OF PEACE, WE WORK AND PRAY
FOR THE UNITY OF ALL PEOPLE, AND FOR TRUE AND LASTING PEACE ON EARTH.
Prayer Garden Objectives
There were three principal objectives that drove the creation of Our Lady of Guadalupe Prayer
Garden:
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Provide a place for people to pray and meditate when the church building is unavailable. A
place where everyone feels welcome and safe. The theme of the Prayer Garden is Peace
and Hope.
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Bring people together. Facilitate a sense of community, not only within our own diverse
parish community, but also within the larger Windsor community. We all are a community
of God’s children.
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Finance the process primarily through a sponsorship program in which many members of
the parish will be able to participate. There was to be no single large donor. A small number
of key elements of the design, such as olive trees, benches, and gateway markers would
be financed through sponsorship by an individual or a ministry. The bronze statue of Our
Lady of Guadalupe would be financed through a brick sponsorship program that would
pool relatively small donations of a large group, thereby offering affordable sponsorship
opportunities to a large number of individuals.