Donating to the Pipe Organ Program

Although our new pipe organ is completed and installed, you are still welcome to contribute toward our fundraising goal of $950,000.  We’ve already raised over $700,000 due to the kind generosity of so many parishioners and friends of Saint Mary Church, and you can be a part of this amazing legacy that will be passed to future generations of the Church in Fredericksburg.

Buy-a-Pipe

The organ has over 3200 pipes, ranging in length from 6 inches up to 16 feet, and a fun way to donate is to “Buy-a-Pipe.” Donations to buy a pipe can be as little as $25 and as much as $5000. The bigger the gift, the bigger, and deeper, the pipe! 

Special pipes include: the enormous copper façade pipes, several of which are still available for a donation of $5000; the Pontifical Tuba pipes, our most majestic and powerful trumpet stop, the pipes of which are available for donations of $2500 or $1000. The cost of an entire rank (61 or 32 pipes) can also be underwritten for donation levels from $5000 to $20,000 -  contact David Mathers (see below) for more information.

Everyone who “buys” a pipe will receive a certificate naming exactly which pipe or pipes he or she has funded. You may also request that a pipe certificate name someone to whom the donation is dedicated.  Pipe certificates make excellent gifts for Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries, or as a gift in memory of a loved one. You can click on the “Buy-a-Pipe Donation Form” or pick up the form in the back of the church or at the parish office.

All gifts of $2000 or more, will be recorded on a beautiful custom designed memorial display in the church.  If you desire your gift to remain anonymous, your wishes will be happily respected. Gifts may be pledged and fulfilled on an installment basis.

For More Information

Please contact David Mathers, Director of Sacred Music, 540-373-6491 or dmathers@stmaryfred.org, for more information on donations to the new pipe organ.