Meanwhile, spires at Sweetest Heart of Mary also twisted, ‘slowly collapsing’ Detroit — The fate of St. Josaphat Church’s leaning steeple and Sweetest Heart of Mary Church’s two twisted spires depends on financial assistance to save the lofty structures from complete removal. These two historic churches, which along with St. Joseph Church on Jay Street,…
Faith in Action
Putting mission into action in the Archdiocese of Detroit
Faith in Action, News, Vocations
Parishioners often surprised, seminarians inspired by parish visits
by Guest Writer •
Bill Blaul Special to The Michigan Catholic Detroit — The visits happen a few times each year and have become among the most uplifting ways of elevating the visibility of priestly vocations in the Detroit Archdiocese. Twice annually during Lent and on one other occasion, about 100 seminarians studying at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in…
Catholic Schools, Faith in Action, News
Messengers in Midtown: Wayne State University’s Catholic campus ministry grows through Gospel message
by Guest Writer •
Bill Blaul Special to The Michigan Catholic Detroit — It’s a challenge to help Catholic students keep their faith while enrolled at a large public university, where moral relativism often dominates. It’s an especially daunting task on an urban campus amid an enrollment of 30,000 with the added objectives of finding Catholics receptive to returning…
Local News, Together In Faith
New parish in Dearborn starts with people, buildings, funds and 120 years of history
by Guest Writer •
Bill Blaul Special to The Michigan Catholic Dearborn — In just more than four months since St. Kateri Tekakwitha Parish in Dearborn was formed, nearly all of the parishioner households from its predecessor parishes -– St. Martha on Oakwood Boulevard and St. Joseph on Rotunda Drive –- have signed up at St. Kateri, offertory contributions…
Changing Lives Together, Local News
Immaculate Conception, Archbishop Vigneron’s boyhood parish, gets new roof, repairs through Changing Lives Together
by Guest Writer •
Bill Blaul Special to The Michigan Catholic Anchorville — The first Catholic church building in Anchorville, a wood frame structure, burned to the ground in 1917. Less than a year later, parishioners at Immaculate Conception Parish built a brick church, which is now receiving a new roof and other repairs funded through a successful Changing…
Changing Lives Together, News
Retreat to focus on God’s will
by The Michigan Catholic •
Detroit — St. Paul on the Lake Parish in Grosse Pointe Farms will host a free one-day spiritual retreat Nov. 16 in connection with the Changing Lives Together capital stewardship campaign. The daylong retreat, which includes Mass with Auxiliary Bishop Francis Reiss, will focus on helping participants discern God’s will in their everyday lives and…
