Trent Beattie | National Catholic Register At only 25, Alex Avila is already making his mark in the professional baseball world. The starting catcher for the Detroit Tigers played in the 2011 All-Star Game, and, later in the postseason, his team made it to the American League Championship Series. But Avila says his Catholic faith…
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Local News
Conference to explore Vatican II 50 years later
by Guest Writer •
Tim Keenan | The Michigan Catholic DETROIT — On Oct. 11, 1962, 2,200 cardinals, archbishops and bishops solemnly processed into Rome’s majestic St. Peter’s Basilica for the opening ceremonies of the Second Vatican Council, convened by Pope John XXIII. When they filed out after the last session, presided over by Pope Paul VI, in 1965,…
Arts & Faith, Local News, Music
Catholics nationwide singing local composer’s music at Mass
by Robert Delaney •
Norah Duncan’s ‘Unity Mass’ and ‘Holy Name of Jesus Gloria’ in use in churches across United States DETROIT — Everywhere Norah Duncan IV goes nowadays, he hears his own music. That’s because the “Unity Mass” and “Holy Name of Jesus Gloria” written by the Detroit-area composer, organist, choir director and music educator are being used…
Local News
September court date for Dearborn pastor
by The Michigan Catholic •
Dearborn — Fr. Peter Petroske, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Dearborn, is scheduled to appear in 19th District Court for a preliminary examination Sept. 13 before Judge Richard Wygonik on charges stemming from an incident Aug. 2. Fr. Petroske, 57, was placed on paid administrative leave by the Archdiocese of Detroit after being arrested that…
Local News, Vocations
Metro Detroit natives profess first vows
by The Michigan Catholic •
DETROIT — Three young people from the Archdiocese of Detroit made their first profession of religious vows during the past month. On July 28, Michael Palmer of Berkley and Dennis Strach II of Rochester Hills made their first profession of vows with the Congregation of Holy Cross in the United States Province of Priests and…
Local News, Marriage, Family & Pro-Life
Santorum: We can win pro-life battle; ‘truth is on our side’
by Don Horkey •
Former presidential candidate speaks at fundraiser for Clarkston pregnancy center SHELBY TOWNSHIP — Rick Santorum admitted as much. “I know I’m preaching to the choir,” he told an audience of about 400 persons Aug. 9 at the Palazzo Grande in Shelby Township. The occasion was the second annual fundraising dinner for Birth Choice, a pregnancy…
