La Iglesia de San Patricio was officially closed in 1967 and sat mostly idle for the next 25 years. The doors fell off the hinges, pigeons roosted among the roof rafters, and weeds choked the adjacent cemetery. In the 1990's some lifelong San Patricio residents aided by new arrivals in San Patricio began work to restore their old church.

On the Church's 111th anniversary in 1993, the church was reborn. Though still without electricity or water, it now boasted new stucco over its walls and new altar pieces. Repaired doors hung from new hinges and weeds in the cemetery had been chopped. A bell, removed when the church closed, was rehung.

The restored church is to be available for feasts, weddings, and baptisms and for personal meditation.