Make a Gift in Memory or in Honor of a Loved One

A Mater Dolorosa memorial donation offers you a thoughtful, caring way to remember a friend, family member or your family name while contributing to our vital mission. To make an unrestricted memorial donation, please click the button above.

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Naming Opportunities

You may also name a chair, bench or door at the Retreat Center. Honor a birthday, anniversary, a special occasion or condolence for the loss of a loved one with one of the following:

  • Chapel Seat Plaque: $1,500 (2 lines/25 characters each line; 12 available)
  • Garden of the Seven Sorrows Chair: $2,500 (3 available)
  • Door of Retreatant Room: $5,000 (2 lines/27 characters each line; 21 available)
  • Solar Project: $6,500 - $13,000 (plaques will be included on a ceramic or brass display on the outer west wall of the Retreat Center near the upper parking lot)
  • Garden of Gethsemane Bench: $10,000 (2 lines/27 characters each line)
  • Monastery Memorial Garden - 4th Pillar: $500 per line (1 line - 30 characters per line which includes spacing and punctuation)

For more information on naming opportunities Mater Dolorosa please contact Melanie Goodyear, Director of Development (626) 355- 7188, Ext 103 or MGoodyear@MaterDolorosa.org