A shrine honoring Blessed Solanus Casey is pictured at St. Bonaventure Monastery in Detroit. Besides Blessed Solanus, three other Catholic…
Retired Detroit radio host Ken Calvert, right, interviews Fr. Joseph Grimaldi during an episode of the “Father Joe Podcast.” Calvert…
Athletic director Scott Kennell speaks Aug. 8 during a press conference at Madonna University to announce the addition of a…
Fr. Marko Djonovic of the Oratory-in-Formation at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Detroit, left, and project manager Marcus…
Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron preaches at St. Aloysius Parish in Detroit in this file photo. Archbishop Vigneron released a…
For 146 years, The Michigan Catholic newspaper has been honored to be a part of the fabric of the Catholic community here in southeast Michigan. Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron has announced today the closure of The Michigan Catholic after our Aug. 24 issue (please find letter here). Along with this significant step, the archbishop has…
After Blessed Solanus’ beatification, Great Lakes State watching three other causes for priests with local ties DETROIT — On July 30, the Archdiocese of Detroit celebrated the first-ever feast day of Blessed Solanus Casey, the Capuchin friar with an almost legendary story in the city. For years, countless Catholics have prayed for the beatification of…
Detroit radio personality Ken Calvert helps create unique Catholic Q&A show BIRMINGHAM — What happens when a rock n’ roller and a “holy roller” get together with a microphone in between them? No, it’s not a joke. It’s the premise of the “Father Joe Podcast.” Recorded in the home of retired Detroit radio host Ken…
Felician-run school plans to hire coach in January, recruit 40 athletes next year LIVONIA — Are you ready for some Felician football? On Aug. 8, Madonna University athletic director Scott Kennell announced the Felician-run university would be adding a football team to the athletic department for the 2020-21 school year. “Football has the opportunity to…
DETROIT — On Oct. 7, the feast of the Holy Rosary, during the month of the rosary, Catholics will link arms along the waterfront behind the Detroit Renaissance Center and pull out their beads to pray. Across the river, on the Windsor side, Canadian Catholics will do the same. They’ll be joined by thousands of…
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis blamed “clericalism” in the Catholic Church for creating a culture where criminal abuse was widespread and extraordinary efforts were made to keep the crimes hidden. Throughout his pontificate, Pope Francis has targeted clericalism as an illness in the church, an ailment that pretends “the…
By Gina Christian Catholic News Service DUBLIN — Parish life, peer education and public-private partnerships are needed to combat addiction, said Darren Butler, national coordinator of the Irish Bishops’ Drugs Initiative during an Aug. 22 presentation at the World Meeting of Families 2018 in Dublin. More than 140 people listened Aug. 22 as Butler described…
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will meet survivors of sexual abuse during his trip to Ireland Aug. 25-26, but it will be up to the survivors to decide whether any information about the meeting will be released, said the director of the Vatican press office. Greg Burke, press director,…
VATICAN CITY — “No effort must be spared” to prevent future cases of clerical sexual abuse and “to prevent the possibility of their being covered up,” Pope Francis said in a letter addressed “to the people of God.” “I acknowledge once more the suffering endured by many minors due to sexual abuse, the abuse of…
On a plane recently, I overheard a conversation between a young boy — about three or four years old — and his father. Before the flight began, the boy repeatedly asked to play with his Legos; his father responded, “Not on the plane.” Eventually, the boy fell asleep. After napping through almost the entire two-hour…
For more than 45 years, Catholics have sought to change hearts and minds about abortion laws. Each January since the legalization of abortion, pro-life advocates have marched upon Washington, D.C., speaking out for the unborn and decrying the tens of millions of lives that have been lost. The tragic 1973 rulings have led to enormous…
Felician-run school plans to hire coach in January, recruit 40 athletes next year LIVONIA — Are you ready for some Felician football? On Aug. 8, Madonna University athletic director Scott Kennell announced the Felician-run university would be adding a football team to the athletic department for the 2020-21 school year. “Football has the opportunity to…
Metro Detroit — Twelve Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Detroit will welcome new principals this fall, including five high schools welcoming new leaders. At the high school level: Donna Sweeney will take over as principal at Cabrini High School in Allen Park, succeeding 13-year principal Jim Wasukanis. Sweeney, a 1978 alumna of the school,…
BEIRUT — When Islamic State fighters overran Qaraqosh, Iraq, in the summer of 2014, Mothana Butres was able to grab only a single volume from his father’s collection of thousands of Syriac books and manuscripts. The handwritten, 600-year-old book of Syriac hymns now inspires much of Butres’ work as an iconographer. From a modest walk-up…
