Restoration of San Antonio’s Basilica: Autumn 2022

Greetings in our Lord Jesus Christ!

Since our last issue of the Apostolate of the Little Flower, we have continued our work to lay an organizational foundation for our Basilica Restoration Project.

In May, we held a meeting that involved the friars, our consultants and our building committee. The consultants included representatives from Project Control of Texas and Douglas Architects. Our Basilica building committee includes members with expertise in the areas of engineering and construction.

This group met to review the work of the past two years: Our master planning, the 30% schematic design, the initial budget and proposed phasing of the restoration project. The building committee was pleased with the presentation. It was acknowledged that the current economic situation, with its inflation and supply chain issues, will lead to an increase in the number of dollars necessary to complete the project. But, the plan that is in place received the endorsement of our team members.

Moving forward, our task is to lay an organizational foundation that will provide the necessary leadership structure to see the project through to a successful capital campaign and execution of our master plan.

Thank you for your continued support of our efforts to restore our beloved Basilica of the National Shrine of the Little Flower. Your prayers and contributions are greatly appreciated. May God’s blessing and the prayers of St. Thérèse be with you!

Fr. Gregory Ross, OCD

Pastor and Rector