Our Lady of Guadalupe Church Plans for 1,300

The week before Easter, Fr Israel Mago, Pastor, treated the congregation of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church to the recently revised draft renderings of the congregations’ new church.

For most of the parish members, the story behind this building campaign is nothing short of a miracle.

It seems every obstacle turned out to be God saying “not yet, I have a better plan”. And so it happened that an anonymous donor from Mexico devoted to the Virgin of Guadalupe, learning of the efforts of this parish, offered a two-forone match of funding to help build a church that would be able to accommodate what is quickly becoming one of the largest parishes in the Miami Dade County. While the original design for the temporary church was would have held 900, the new design for a Marian Sanctuary permanent church building will hold 1300.

Architects from Mexico will be visiting soon to unveil the final plans to an excited congregation that has managed to form a beautiful church family, despite having to rent space from Doral Charter High School where for weekly masses, and use office spaces for other meetings.

In fact, the Youth Group so quickly outgrew its space that the group now meets at a donated warehouse space on 114th Ave.

For more information of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, visit www.olgdoral.org


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A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.