Honoring our priests with a day all their own
Detroit — 24,196 words. Let that sink in for a moment. That’s 46 typed pages, single-spaced. That’s the length of 24 separate Michigan Catholic front-page feature stories. That’s at least four or five college term papers. And you wrote them, each one a beautiful tribute to the love the Archdiocese of Detroit has for its…
Detroit — So what do priests do in their free time? Officially, a priest’s job never stops, but even priests need a chance to get away every now and then and enjoy some “regular guy” hobbies. For the Archdiocese of Detroit’s priests, favorite pastimes are as diverse as the priests themselves — from ice hockey…
As we have for several years now, The Michigan Catholic asked its readers to write in about their favorite priest in honor of Priesthood Sunday — which is Oct. 27 this year — and, like every year, you didn’t disappoint. Below are all the letters we’ve received to date honoring our priests for the selfless…
Most here to study, but all find love and support from local Church community Metro Detroit — They may have come to the Archdiocese of Detroit at the request of their respective bishops, or maybe as an assignment of their religious order, or even for the opportunity to study in the United States. But regardless…
Each seventh- and eighth-grade student at St. Patrick School in Carleton wrote about a special priest in his or her life, and the principal, Ruth Meiring, sent seven of them to The Michigan Catholic. Most wrote about Fr. John Dumas, administrator of Divine Grace Parish, but a few other priests shared in the students’ love.…
28 diocesan priests celebrate milestone anniversaries of their ordination Detroit — Twenty-eight diocesan priests are celebrating milestone anniversaries of their ordination this year. The jubilarians, who are celebrating 25, 40, 50, 60 years and above, gathered June 20 for a Mass in their honor at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, with Archbishop Allen H.…
