Detroit — As has been our custom for many years, The Michigan Catholic is publishing this special edition to coincide with National Vocation Awareness Week, Nov. 1-7, a week set aside by the U.S. bishops to pray for increased vocations to the priesthood, diaconate and consecrated life. During this week, The Michigan Catholic especially urges…
In 1976, the bishops of the United States instituted National Vocation Awareness Week as an opportunity for the Church in the U.S. to focus its prayer, liturgy and attention on what it means to be called by God to live a holy life. Last year, it was decided that this special weeklong commemoration would be…
Metro Detroit — The decision to join the seminary can be daunting. In discerning such a serious academic, spiritual and life commitment, it’s good to have a place to go to openly discuss where God might be leading a young man. That’s where the Watchmen come in. “These groups are designed for men who are…
Michelle Samartino | Special to The Michigan Catholic With joyful simplicity, rural Ortonville community stays in touch with the world through social media Ortonville — Walk through the front door at Our Lady of Mount Thabor Monastery in Ortonville, and you’ll be met with bright smiles from the Dominican nuns who’ll immediately come to greet you.…
Ortonville — In 1968, Dominican Sisters Mary Martin and Anne Mary, formerly of the Monastery of Union City, N.J., began a monastic life within the Dominican tradition in a small house in Detroit. They chose the Transfiguration on Mount Thabor as their symbol to represent an age of technology that would harmonize the old and…
Rather than destitution, vows emphasize community ownership, reliance on God Metro Detroit — Renouncing possessions and committing to a life of poverty and service to others are lessons taken straight from the Gospels. This prescribed life of simplicity is the inspiration for the vows of poverty — along with those of chastity and obedience —…
