Conference to tackle euthanasia, same-sex attraction DETROIT — Seven years ago, Bobby Schindler’s life changed as he watched his sister fight for hers. Terri Schiavo had suffered severe brain damage several years earlier after entering cardiac arrest in her St. Petersburg, Fla., home, but that wasn’t what was threatening to take her life. According to…
Monthly Archives: December 2011
Local News
Bishops to visit pope, offer ‘spiritual bouquet’ from area’s Catholics
by Mike Stechschulte •
DETROIT — In early February, Archbishop Allen Vigneron and his four auxiliary bishops will have an audience with the pope, and they’re bringing the entire archdiocese with them. Archbishop Vigneron will make his first ad limina visit to Rome as shepherd of the Archdiocese of Detroit from Feb. 1-6. The pilgrimage, taken approximately every five…
News, The Spirit of Christmas
Children learn about Christ in Christmas
by Guest Writer •
Michelle Samartino | The Michigan Catholic Metro area — Sometimes for children, it’s not about the man in the red suit or the bright lights or the sparkly decorations. Logan Rich, a preschooler at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn, said his favorite part of Christmas was saying his speaking line: “My name is Joseph.…
Local News, Together In Faith
Detroit archdiocese to have St. Andrew Kim, Bl. John Paul II parishes
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — A merger of two Detroit parishes and one Hamtramck parish will result in Detroit’s first parish named for the late pontiff, Blessed John Paul II. In a decree also issued Dec. 17, Archbishop Vigneron granted that Transfiguration-Our Lady Help of Christians Parish and St. Louis the King Parish in Detroit, and St. Ladislaus…
Local News
Bp. Anderson given honorary doctorate from Saint Xavier University
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — During a winter commencement ceremony, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses Anderson this month received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Bishop Anderson, who retired from active ministry in 2004, was honored for his work with civil rights both during and before his episcopacy in Detroit. The university noted…
Local News, Together In Faith
2011 | A year of blessings
by The Michigan Catholic •
Both at home and across the world, Catholics had an eventful year that will greatly impact the Church into the future Every year in the Church is filled with both blessings and challenges. Both locally and globally, 2011 was a year that brought us some historic ones. From the joyous occasion of naming Detroit’s patron…
