 In 1964, while serving as pastor of Mother of God Church, Garmo began fundraising drives, with the help of the Parishioners and Parish council he was able to purchase a plot of land in Southfield on Telegraph Road.After the completion of the church, he continued fundraising with the members of the Chaldean Iraqi American Association of Michigan (CIAAM) to raise funds to transfer ownership of of the church's property to the CIAAM to build a Chaldean social club, which would become Southfield Manor.Mother of God Cathedral still stands on this property today.