‘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…
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”…
Youth ministry initiative teaches parents to be ‘intentional disciples’ The Michigan Catholic Port Huron — It’s a parent’s responsibility to raise their child in the faith. At baptism, parents take on the role of teaching their children how to pray, telling them they are loved by God and what it means to live as a…
“Being a disciple means being constantly ready to bring the love of Jesus to others, and this can happen unexpectedly and in any place; on the street, in a city square, during work, on a journey”— Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron, Unleash the Gospel Well … this is going to be hard. In a world that’s…
