Ann Arbor — Teresa Tomeo had achieved nearly everything on her so-called “bucket list” before the age of 30. “In my own journey I fell away from the faith, and ended up miserable at the end of the day,” said Tomeo, who today is a popular Catholic author, speaker and radio host with Ave Maria…
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Arts & Culture, Local News
Guadalupe a message for the world, re-enactor says
by Mike Stechschulte •
Mexico City native who’s performed for saints to give presentations in Detroit Detroit — Pedro Noguez Rivera doesn’t speak English — he only “breathes” it, he jokes. But that isn’t stopping the Mexico City native from proclaiming the message of St. Juan Diego and Our Lady of Guadalupe in English-speaking parts of the world —…
Arts & Faith, Book Reviews, Local News
Author brings boy Jesus’ three-day detour in Jerusalem to life
by Elizabeth Wong Barnstead •
Dearborn — When Chris Stepien made a promise to say a decade of the rosary every day, he did not think it would lead him to write a historical fiction novel about Jesus’s childhood. Going through a period of many hardships, including illness and family troubles, the author of “Three Days: The Search for the…
Arts & Faith, Book Reviews, Catholic in America, Local News
In ‘Dangers to the Faith,’ Kresta challenges Catholicism’s opponents
by Mike Stechschulte •
DETROIT — Catholicism is under attack. Not that that’s anything new. Since the dawn of the Church, the devil has always used the secular culture to confuse and skew the truth through deception and distraction. The forms of attack have changed from age to age, but the agenda remains the same. For Catholics, the challenge…
Book Reviews, Catholic Schools
Local teacher, columnist releases second book, ‘The Donkey’
by Guest Writer •
Cari Ann DeLamielleure | Special to The Michigan Catholic Detroit — In mid-to late August, Patriot Media, Inc. will release local teacher and author Paul Stuligross’s second novel titled “The Donkey.” Stuligross, a former Novi police officer, began his writing career by self-publishing his first novel, “The Birth of an Angel,” which was written under…
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The face of Christ in the ‘Bible belt of New Baltimore’
by Mike Stechschulte •
Catholic artist hopes mural fosters ecumenism, cooperation between denominations New Baltimore — Artist Pio Peter Zammit calls the blocks surrounding St. Mary Queen of Creation Parish the “buckle on the Bible belt of New Baltimore.” In addition to the Catholic parish, Zammit says it’s God’s providence that there are four churches “within 150 feet apart”…
