By Mike Stechschulte | The Michigan Catholic Detroit — Eight priests with ties to the Archdiocese of Detroit have been given the honorary title of “monsignor” by Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron announced Dec. 27. Seven of the priests currently serve in the archdiocese, and the eighth, Msgr. Ronald T. Browne, serves as…
Monthly Archives: December 2012
The Spirit of Christmas
Christmas spirit eases merger of Oakland County parishes
by Robert Delaney •
MADISON HEIGHTS — Children from St. Vincent Ferrer and St. Dennis parishes acted out the story of Jesus’ birth Dec. 18 before a packed house of their parents and fellow parishioners, and you’d never know anything was different. When St. Dennis Parish, Royal Oak, and St. Vincent Ferrer Parish, Madison Heights, began meeting this summer,…
Local News, Vocations
Temperance native ordained priest for Legionaries of Christ
by The Michigan Catholic •
ROME — A native of the Archdiocese of Detroit was one of 44 Legionaries of Christ priests ordained Dec. 15 at the Vatican’s Basilica of St. John Lateran. Fr. Ronald Conklin, L.C., was born in Ypsilanti and attended St. Anthony School in Temperance through sixth grade, having been homeschooled after that. He was one of…
Editorial & Opinion, Features, Local News
2012 | Lessons of the past; hope for the future
by The Michigan Catholic •
A call to the new evangelization manifests in solidarity for local and global Church As 2012 draws to a close, Catholics everywhere can look back on a year filled with challenges, blessings and hope. Events on the local and global scale helped change our perspective and brought Catholics closer to one another. The Year of…
Obituaries and Death Notices
Sr. Loretta Rose Konen, CSJ
by The Michigan Catholic •
Ethel Konen was born in Detroit on Jan. 9, 1935, the daughter of James Konen and Loretta Schloff Konen. Her family included three sisters and three brothers. She belonged to Assumption Grotto Parish in Detroit at the time of her entrance into the Congregation of St. Joseph on July 1, 1953. Ethel received the name…
Catholic Schools, Local News
Archbishop fields deep questions from UD-Jesuit seniors
by Robert Delaney •
DETROIT — With the Sandy Hook school massacre fresh in their minds, it’s little wonder that the question of why God allows evil would come up when seniors at University of Detroit Jesuit High School had the chance to meet with Archbishop Allen Vigneron on Dec. 18. God could have made people who always did…
