Don Horkey | Special to The Michigan Catholic Detroit — Urging his players to “play hard, have fun and take care of each other” in a pre-game huddle, Coach Al Fracassa summed up: “This is a game you will remember forever.” Responding with an emphatic “Yes, sir!” the Bloomfield Hills Brother Rice Warriors put their…
Monthly Archives: October 2013
Catholic Schools
Our Lady of the Lakes, Loyola are Prep Bowl victors
by Don Horkey •
Don Horkey | Special to The Michigan Catholic Detroit — Clay Senerius is a slender, 6-foot-3 quarterback. Nick Robak is also slender, a 6-foot-4 wide receiver. It’s easy for them to see eye-to-eye, and it’s natural for them to form a passer-receiver relationship that can win football games. They used their athleticism to lead Waterford…
Catholic Schools
Prep Bowl contest winners
by The Michigan Catholic •
Congratulations to the winners of The Michigan Catholic’s Prep Bowl giveaway contest: Colleen Moslone of St. William Parish, Walled Lake, and Nancy Spore of St. Patrick Parish, Brighton, each won four tickets to see “Elf” at the Detroit Opera House, and Rob Bovitz of St. Thomas a’Beckett Parish, Canton, won four tickets to see “Sister’s…
Local News
Mass for Commerce ties business to work of evangelization
by Elizabeth Wong Barnstead •
Detroit — The Christian life involves genuine, vulnerable relationships with others, said Auxiliary Bishop Michael Byrnes in his homily at the 20th annual Mass for Commerce for the Detroit business community. These truly Christian relationships with others even include relationships with employers and business partners, in “being real about who we are, as disciples of…
Changing Lives Together, News
Retreat to focus on God’s will
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — St. Paul on the Lake Parish in Grosse Pointe Farms will host a free one-day spiritual retreat Nov. 16 in connection with the Changing Lives Together capital stewardship campaign. The daylong retreat, which includes Mass with Auxiliary Bishop Francis Reiss, will focus on helping participants discern God’s will in their everyday lives and…
Features, Local News
Late friar’s artwork brings quiet beauty to Solanus Casey Center
by Elizabeth Wong Barnstead •
Detroit — It is a small art exhibit, but the care put forth in assembling it shows the appreciation for what the late artist brought to the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit. Bro. Leo Wollenweber, OFM Cap., passed away Oct. 9, 2012, and in honor of the one-year anniversary of his death, his brother friars…
