The matching funds will support the historic Black parish’s capital campaign, with the end goal of an onsite African-American Heritage Center

By Nate Tinner-Williams | Black Catholic Messenger

St. Patrick Church, the last remaining Black Catholic parish in the city of Charleston, South Carolina, has been awarded a $500,000 matching grant to preserve its historic 19th-century edifice.

The National Fund for Sacred Places, a partnership between Partners for Sacred Places and the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announced the news on Oct. 21. St. Patrick’s is one of 30 places of worship in the 2025 cohort of grantees—the largest in the program’s history.