By Brett Mangold Bishop Foley Catholic High School wrapped up the spring sports season with a bang! The Ventures captured two State Championship Titles. The BFC Baseball team was crowned the Division 3 State Champions and the Girls Soccer team won the Division 4 State Championship. Bishop Foley is extremely proud of these teams and…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
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Archbishop: AOD will balance budget by July 2012
by The Michigan Catholic •
Current fiscal year will show $6 to $7 million loss Detroit — In a letter to the people of the Archdiocese of Detroit and an accompanying document, Archbishop Allen Vigneron detailed the “urgent and significant reform” being implemented to stabilize the finances of the local Church. The archbishop said that some of the archdiocese’s financial…
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Alhambras to hold convention in Detroit
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit — The Order of the Alhambra will hold its 54th international convention July 9-13 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Dearborn. Two hundred fifty delegates (Sir Knights) and their wives (Sultanas) are expected from Alhambra caravans throughout the United States and Canada. Besides electing new officers and considering various resolutions, the convention will also…
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Ceciliaville gets refreshing at 40
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — Forty years after St. Cecilia Parish opened up its facilities to the community as a safe haven on Detroit’s west side, the center reintroduced the center – known as ‘The Saint’ – complete with a new gym floor on June 24. “We just want to continue the legacy and give the kids in…
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De La Salle high school receives $5 million gift from alumnus
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — Bill Fox, the owner of four car dealerships and a longtime friend of his high school alma mater, De La Salle Collegiate in Warren, made a bit of history at the school last weekend by giving it its largest-ever donation, $5 million. The reason, Fox said during a presentation of the check on…
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Former Detroiter lone priest ordained for Jesuits in midwest this year
by Robert Delaney •
Detroit — At 56, Fr. Joel Medina is a newly ordained Jesuit priest, but whenever people suggest he should have done this sooner, he politely tells them he doesn’t think that was God’s plan for him. He had, in fact, gone through a discernment process while he was still in his 20s, but the conclusion…
