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Mission Awarded National Grant!
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9-19-2023
The National Parks Service has awarded a $750,000 Saving America’s Treasures matching grant to the California Missions Foundation for a project submitted by the Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund, a separate non-profit organization dedicated to restoring and preserving the Mission, in cooperation with the Old Mission San Juan Bautista Parish of the Diocese of Monterey. The Saving America’s treasures program requires applicants to match the grant money dollar-for-dollar with nonfederal funding.
When the Saving America’s Treasures grant is matched, the $1.5 million total will be used for seismic strengthening and adjacent roof repair of the Mission church’s two-story Principal Façade—its front entrance, the baptistry, and the choir loft—the most seismically vulnerable section of the Mission church.
Seismologist have estimated a 62% probability of one or more 6.7 or greater earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Region from 2003 – 2032. The Mission church is only 100 feet from the San Andreas Fault. Mitigating the seismic threat to the front section of the church is the essential first step in the restoration and preservation of the Mission, as well as the safety of its parishioners and visitors. Earthquakes destroyed the Mission twice in the 1800s and it was badly damaged by the 1906 earthquake.
As one of California’s most significant and well visited historic sites, the Mission hosts 100,000 annual visitors. This includes 40,000 school aged children from throughout the state. On most weekends during the school year, as many as five school busloads of children, their teachers, and chaperones come to the Mission and learn about its role in California history.
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MISSION Needs
- Seismic retrofit and stabilization of the Mission church.
- Replace the badly leaking church roof, broken tiles, and rotted roof timbers.
- Repair the deteriorating plaster, brick, and stone masonry.
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About Us
Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund is a 501(c)3 non-profit tax-exempt organization, EIN#47-5427661. Its purpose is to restore and preserve the structural integrity of the historic property and artifacts of the Mission for future generations. In cooperation with the Parish, the Fund is currently conducting a $16 million dollar campaign for the seismic retrofit and roof replacement of the church as well as a temporary facility for the Parish during construction.
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Help Save the Mission!
Donations can be made in various ways:
By mail, please make checks payable to:
Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund
PO Box 222, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045.
Or please give online at:
www.savemissionsjb.org through PayPal.
Questions? Contact Jewel Sean Gentry,
Executive Director, (831) 593-5080;
[email protected].
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Benefits:
Besides stepping up to the challenge of stopping the Mission’s deterioration before it becomes irreparable, donors to the Mission San Juan Bautista Campaign will have the great personal satisfaction of knowing they are preserving a treasured part of California and its history for the benefit of current and future generations.
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Project Progress
Emergency Mission Church Roof and Wall Repair Campaign Succeeds
In spite of the pandemic, the collaborative fund-raising efforts of the Mission San Juan Bautista Parish and the Mission San Juan Bautista Preservation Fund raised the necessary funds to repair the badly leaking section of the church roof and the damaged adjacent wall. Work to replace the deteriorating roof underlayment, cracked and missing tiles, which began in June 2022 and it will be completed in September 2022.
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