Archbishop pledges $1 million to restore, preserve four missions

Published: 2004-11-04

SAN ANTONIO (CNS) -- Archbishop Patrick F. Flores of San Antonio Oct. 28 pledged $1 million to Las Misiones capital campaign to restore four Spanish colonial-era missions in the city of San Antonio. He called the missions "the only links we have to the times and culture of our ancestors." The donation came from the Archbishop's Appeal, which Catholics throughout the archdiocese support annually. "Because of their generosity," the archbishop said, the churches at Mission San Jose, Mission Espada, Mission San Juan and Mission Concepcion "will continue to serve the San Antonio community for many generations." During a press conference at the chancery, Archbishop Flores and San Antonio Auxiliary Bishop Patrick J. Zurek said the donation -- to be paid in $100,000 increments over the next 10 years -- would go for restoration and preservation of the four mission churches.

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