Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church evolved from the blending of two earlier Mission churches, both dedicated to Mary’s Holy Name—Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The history, rich and varied, is worth recalling, not only for the purpose of appreciating the present in all its accumulated richness, but also in acknowledging and preserving our heritage and the innumerable contributions of all those who have preceded us. “From two tiny Mexican churches built by the people themselves, Holy Name of Mary parish has developed into a thriving, progressive church which continues to strive for the original goal—to worship and adore Almighty God in the finest possible way,” and to continue to plan for and commit ourselves to our future and our continued growth as a community.
Fr. Lyons immediately set about the work of bringing about a merging of the two Catholic communities of Our Lady of Guadalupe and Our Lady of Mount Carmel. To that end he set out to unify and strengthen the ties of both communities and to mobilize them toward building a single, new church that would serve the spiritual needs of the whole. This new church was to be named and would become known as Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church.
Holy Name has been blessed to be staffed by the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, SS.CC. Priests.
They are "vowed religious men of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, United States of America (US) Province commit to contemplate, live, and proclaim the love of God to the world, through the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary." (Mission)
Learn more about this order, visit www.sscc-usa.org