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Monthly Archives: February 2015
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Pope: Don’t let meatless Fridays be selfish, soulless, seafood splurge
by Catholic News Service •
VATICAN CITY — Real fasting isn’t just restricting food choices, it must also include cleansing the heart of all selfishness and making room in one’s life for those in need and those who have sinned and need healing, Pope Francis said. Faith without concrete acts of charity is not only hypocritical, “it is dead; what…
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Central Services at 12 State St.
by The Michigan Catholic •
Archdiocesan Central Services, which comprises the downtown “headquarters” of the local Church, is now located at 12 State St. in Detroit’s Capitol Park Historic District. Fifth floor Archbishop’s Office Moderator of the Curia Chancellor Metropolitan Tribunal Fourth floor Clergy and Consecrated Life Permanent Diaconate Delegate for Religious Immigration and Legal Services Communications Public Relations Digital…
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New Chancery, new beginning: Better to serve
by Elizabeth Wong Barnstead •
New home for Detroit archdiocese brings hope amid changes Detroit — Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said the move from the old Chancery and Gabriel Richard Building to the new downtown home of the Archdiocese of Detroit two blocks away at 12 State St. was akin to what Socrates discussed in the Platonic Dialogues. “You have…
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‘A total Holy Spirit moment’
by Mike Stechschulte •
Awaken Ministry mixes powerful music, atmosphere with Eucharistic adoration Lake Orion — In a dimly lit church, 600 people knelt in silent adoration as the Blessed Sacrament passed by in a cloud of incense and light. Moments later, with hands raised to heaven and clapping, hearty praise and worship rang out to God as guitars,…
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Madonna University names Grandillo first lay president
by The Michigan Catholic •
Livonia — Madonna University will have a lay president for the first time in its 78-year history, as the university announced Michael A. Grandillo, Ph.D., will succeed the retiring Sr. Rose Maria Kujawa, CSSF. Grandillo, a longtime college administrator, will take over as the seventh president of the 4,200-student, Felician-run liberal arts university July 1,…