Mission Restoration Project

Mass - December 14, 2003
Phase I of Restoration

OLD ADOBE MISSION RESTORATION PROJECT

In the year 2000, a small group of volunteers began the task of returning the Old Adobe Mission to active life in our community. The mission of this historic preservation project is to provide a contemplative center in an urban setting.

It will be used to:

	Recognize and celebrate the multicultural community in which we live.
	Provide an example of Scottsdale's early architecture.
	Provide a site, rich in history and tradition, for events such as weddings, reunions, retreats, and rites of passage.
	Provide a contemplative place in downtown Scottsdale for residents and visitors to meditate and seek spiritual renewal.
	Provide a intimate setting for the Scottsdale community to celebrate the arts.
	Portray the history of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Community.
	Provide a location for historical documents and artifacts from the Mission.

The Old Adobe Mission was built in 1933 as a spiritual sanctuary and center of the Hispanic community. Today it is being restored to, once again, serve the community and all who knock at its doors. It is a symbol of ethnicity working together to build a house of worship.

The Mission is a Robert T. 'Bob' Evans design and bears resemblance to the Mission of San Xavier del Bac near Tucson, Arizona. It is constructed of a unique blend of 6,000 handmade adobe bricks.

The original pews - only one remains - were painstakingly handcrafted by the parishioners themselves. Each family was responsible for its own pew.

Bernabe Herrera designed and crafted the stained glass windows. Click here to see photos.

The large painting of Our Lady of Guadalupe, carried in the Procession and used as backdrop for the "Miracle of the Roses" fiesta each December, now hangs in the Mission.

Guadalupe Dominguez, wife of the largest cotton farmer in the area, and the first non-Indian allowed to farm cotton on the Pima-Maricopa Reservation, commissioned and donated a statue of Our Lady of Perpetual Help. The statue now stands in the new church on Miller Road.

Click here to view a printable flyer describing current activity and opportunities to participate.

In November, 2006, we begin Phase 2 of the restoration. We must update the electrical system, replace doors with the original design, and install air conditioning and heating units.