The Michigan Catholic is proud to congratulate the thousands of area students graduating from the Archdiocese of Detroit’s 24 high schools in 2016. In a special way, we also honor those students whose academic achievements earned them recognition as valedictorians, salutatorians and other top honors from their respective schools. We pray for these students, who…
Families of newly ordained relish sons’ gift of priesthood Detroit — Amidst the triumphal sounds of Gustav Holst’s “O God, Beyond All Praising,” five men entered the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament as deacons May 14 and exited as priests. Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron ordained Fr. Paul Graney, Fr. Dominic Macioce, Fr. Kevin Roelant,…
Detroit — Five years ago, the Changing Lives Together capital campaign was launched to strengthen parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit. The bold, ambitious campaign announced by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron was intended to “identify the resources we need to for (the archdiocese’s) mission.” Four years and $120 million later, Changing Lives Together has done…
Detroit — Capuchin Friar Tom Nguyen was ordained to the priesthood April 30 for the Detroit-based Capuchin Province of St. Joseph, and will serve at the Solanus Casey Center. Fr. Nguyen had been serving a diaconal internship at St. Ambrose Parish in Grosse Pointe Park before his ordination, which took place at St. Lawrence Seminary…
Ann Arbor — The University of Michigan Health System has joined with Together Health Network as a referral provider for complex quaternary health care services, the health systems announced. Quaternary care services are highly specialized services such as transplant services, specialized pediatric care or certain cancer clinical trial services. Together Health Network formed in 2014…
A prelude to Synod ’16, Mass meant to inspire ‘new oasis of living water’ in archdiocese, he says Detroit — Just as the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and the Virgin Mary, igniting the beginning of the Catholic Church, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said the Holy Spirit is descending upon the Archdiocese of Detroit,…
