[2] Holy Name of Jesus began as a mission parish of the Ascension Catholic Church in Eau Gallie.

Power, founding Pastor of Ascension as well as the mission parish in Canova Beach, across the street from where HNJ now resides.

The Christmas Eve Mass was celebrated in an unfinished house in Indian Harbour Beach.

The convent was converted into the Administration Center in 1988 for office space for the pastoral and lay staff.

This in turn, in 1989, led to the restructuring of the parish ministries into seven commissions which implemented the goals of the then newly formed Pastoral council.

Also as a result of Vision 2000, a successful capital fund drive was conducted in the fall of ’88 to build an Education Center, a Parish Activity Center, a church organ, improved parking, drainage and traffic control, as well as sewer for the entire parish plant.

This freed up space in the old rectory for the expansion of the St. Vincent de Paul Society Assistance Center, renovation of the Outreach Thrift Store and the only one of its kind, a Christian Marriage and Family Counseling Center, staffed by professional counselors with appropriate credential and licensed by the State of Florida.

On August 30–31, 1997, after fund raising and parish-style town meetings plans for a new church were underway.

The pastor described HNJ’s move to the parish hall for weekend Masses during renovation and expansion of the church as "Back to our Roots."