St. Clair Shores — The drive from New Baltimore to St. Clair Shores was a nerve-racking one for Lindsay Champine. Champine was in the passenger seat, nervously asking her fiancé, Nick, what kind of questions Fr. James Commyn, pastor of St. Lucy Parish, would ask the couple. It was 2015, and Lindsay never really had…
Digital membership could draw younger members to aging order, leaders say DETROIT — The Knights of Columbus know that a digital experience can’t replicate the benefits of full, brotherhood-based membership in the 135-year-old fraternal Catholic men’s organization. But that doesn’t mean the Internet can’t be a good starting point. In a significant change, the Knights…
Farmington — It’s the most important day of the week. And for many parishioners, it’s the one day a week they will interact with their parish. It might seem like a lot of pressure, but Sunday is the day to engage and transform that band of joyful, missionary disciples. Whether that means keeping parish offices…
DETROIT — Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron kicked off the holy season of Lent a day early on Fat Tuesday, Feb. 13, by helping bag groceries and talking with patrons and volunteers at All Saints Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry in Detroit. The archbishop also shared paczki with the food pantry’s patrons, stopping to chat and…
Detroit — Stay faithful, and God will take care of the rest. If there’s a lesson to be learned from a recent uptick in vocations to the Dominican priesthood and religious life, that’s it. Since about 2007-08, enrollment at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., the seminary that forms men for the Dominican…
Kalamazoo — Justin Black has been in the foster care system since he was 9. He’s been with Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan since he was 12. He’s had more than 20 case workers. Not every worker sticks out. But the ones who do, do so because they’ve offered Black, and those in his situation,…
