‘We don’t know why this is happening right now’ Past crimes play role in detention, but some date back 30 years or more Detroit — With 114 Iraqi immigrants, most of them Chaldean Christians, being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, their friends and families are seeking answers from civic leaders and guidance from…
Detroit — Members of the Chaldean-Christian community gathered in front of the Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building on June 16 to protest more than 100 Iraqi-American immigrants being rounded up and detained by federal immigration authorities. Joined by U.S. Reps. Sander Levin (D-Royal Oak) and Brenda Lawrence (D-Southfield), members of the Chaldean community held up…
Detroit — The beatification Mass for Fr. Solanus Casey could draw upwards of 60,000 people, so a venue was needed that would be large enough to accommodate what is anticipated to be the largest Catholic event in Detroit since the visit of St. John Paul II to the city in 1987. The beatification Mass will…
Three women reveal face of ancient vocation, promise lives to Christ as consecrated virgins Detroit — Three brides in long, white dresses stood before the altar of the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit. There was not a single groom in sight. Like the 10 wise virgins from Matthew’s Gospel, each carried a…
Life Remodeled hopes to attract 12,000 volunteers to transform blight, improve lives Detroit — By changing a neighborhood, a project next month in Detroit hopes to change lives. Spearheaded by Life Remodeled, a Detroit-based nonprofit that has coordinated large-scale urban cleanup efforts since 2011, the neighborhood surrounding Sacred Heart Major Seminary is expected to receive…
Detroit — It’s a letter well-worth the six-month wait. That’s the prevailing sentiment among members of Synod 16, who for months have patiently anticipated Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron’s answer to their work at the historic archdiocesan gathering last fall. Now that it’s here, the archbishop’s response — a 42-page pastoral letter titled “Unleash the Gospel”…
