The Prayer Garden has been growing in stages and are now enjoyed in many different ways.  This place provides comfort to those seeking a quiet place to reflect and remember.  It is a place for rejoicing with a newly married bride and groom as they pose for many happily-ever-after photos.  It is a place to gather for First Communion and baptismal pictures.

On the Feast of St. Dominic, August 8, 2010, we unveiled the recognition monuments in the newly created Memorial Plaza.  The plaza is a gathering place to remember loved ones and lies at the entrance to the gardens.

In the center of the gardens is the statue of St. Dominic, our parish Patron Saint.  On the terrace is the cross of Christ rising above and overlooking the gardens.  On May 18, 2008 we dedicated the Holy Family Shrine with Archbishop Dolan presiding which included a May crowning Prayer Service. Surrounded by flowers, we hope to add bronze sculptures of the Pieta and one of our Lord, Jesus Christ, surrounded by children.

To complete our gardens, we need your help.

Please consider making a gift in your own name or remembering a birthday or anniversary by contributing in someone else's name.  The gardens will also be a special place to remember those who are no longer among us with a memorial gift in their name.

Please help us create this special place and watch our gardens grow.

Please contact Karen Chaffee, director of finance administration for more information on how you can help our prayer gardens grow.  Thank you.