October 27, 2006:
Priesthood Sunday - Catholics set aside this day to honor priests, such as Fr. DeHondt, for their dedication and service
Robert Delaney
St. Clair Shores When Fr. Ronald DeHondt first came to St. Margaret of Scotland Parish as pastor in January 2003 Patrick Johnson recalls asking him whether he would be a "priest-priest or an administrator-priest."
Women's conference 'empowers' faith, femininity
Kristin Lukowski
Warren In a presentation punctuated with laughter and applause, author, lecturer, theologian and philosopher Alice von Hildebrand, Ph.D., discussed femininity and the Holy Mother as an example to all women, and rebuked beliefs that the Church looks down upon women.
Catholics take grassroots action to defeat Proposal 2
Joe Kohn
Detroit If you've never seen affirmative action work, don't try to take it away. It works. It helps people. It's turned lives around.
MCC: Vote 'no' on Proposal 5
Joe Kohn
Detroit As a measure to increase public education funding, Proposal 5 might sound good to voters heading to the polls on Nov. 7, but the Church's public policy arm is warning Catholics: Don't be taken in.
Prep Bowl highlights Catholic school sports, academics
Rick Schulte
Detroit After beating Shrine Catholic High School, Royal Oak, by a 31-21 score in the C-D championship game of the Prep Bowl, various players from Notre Dame Prep, Pontiac, took turns hoisting the trophy they had worked so hard to earn.
Education employees also honored
Detroit The Prep Bowl takes place in one of Detroit's finest sports venues, but it's not just about sports.
Honor student earns tickets to Tigers game
Joe Kohn
Detroit As president of the Ladywood High School student council, Becca Zajac has spent plenty of time with pep rallies, homecoming and other events to boost school morale.
Tigermania is celebrated in archdiocesan schools
Kristin Lukowski
Beverly Hills Tiger, tiger, burning bright at schools all over the archdiocese.
October 20, 2006:
Twists of providence help parish get a new shrine
Joe Kohn
Redford Twp. Call them blessings. Call them twists of divine providence. Fr. J.J. Mech is clear about one thing it's not luck, but the Lord who has given Our Lady of Loretto Parish a shrine to honor the parish's namesake.
Tigers success is 'good for the soul'
Joe Kohn
Detroit Fastballs, home runs, champagne and chewing gum have captured the hearts of people across metro Detroit as the city's gritty baseball team has made the World Series for the first time in 22 years.
Do games impact Mass attendance? Sometimes
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit Just like no one can predict the outcome of a baseball game, no one can predict the attendance of Mass scheduled during a baseball game, either.
Music by cathedral's first organist premieres Nov. 3
Robert Delaney
Royal Oak When an organist practicing in a nearly empty National Shrine of the Little Flower decided to take a break one recent weekday afternoon, a man who had come in to pray awhile asked, "Was that piece you were playing something by Widor?"
We can celebrate the saints in our lives
Sr. Janet Schaeffler, O.P.
This month we celebrate two of the Church's most significant feasts: All Saints and All Souls. They are feasts that are celebrated well, not just at the parish, but in the domestic church the home. Families can incorporate one or more of these activities, prayer or rituals at home for these feasts.
St. Dennis School celebrates golden anniversary
Kristin Lukowski
Royal Oak Laura MeLampy says St. Dennis School in Royal Oak, where she and her husband Dave send their three children, is like an extended family.
Regina High School marks 50 years
Robert Delaney
Harper Woods Observing that graduates of Regina High School add up to nearly 10,000 over the course of its 50-year history, Cardinal Adam Maida remarked last Sunday, "That's a small army!"
Catholic dwarf explores his world in PBS documentary
Marylynn G. Hewitt, SFO
My name is Steven. I'm 48 years old and I'm a dwarf." It's OK for you to say it. He does. That's part of why he did this documentary in the first place.
October 13, 2006:
Ordained to serve the Church - Archdiocese welcomes 10 new deacons
Robert Delaney
Detroit As spokesman for the 2006 deacon ordination class, newly ordained Deacon Joseph V. Karle III said the new deacons ordained last Saturday on the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary had responded affirmatively to God's call, as the Blessed Virgin had responded.
Tigers coach and brother priest serve as shepherds
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit There are many ways in which managing a baseball team is similar to managing a parish, says Fr. Thomas J. Leyland, brother of Tigers' manager Jim Leyland.
Project Gabriel offers pregnancy support
Joe Kohn
White Lake Twp. How do you talk to an angel? Now, the answer, for those who are pregnant and need help, is simple:
Living rosary - Students bring prayer to life in Mount Clemens
Joe Kohn
Mount Clemens For eighth-grader Kaitlin Bates, the presence of the Blessed Mother can be tangible at times.
St. Mark in Warren, renovates church, offices
Kristin Lukowski
Warren Fr. Robert Ruedisueli says St. Mark, the Warren parish he pastors, didn't downsize their building. It "right-sized."
Blue Ribbon - St. Paul Elementary earns national honors
Robert Delaney
Grosse Pointe Farms For students at St. Paul Elementary School, the U.S. Department of Education's designation of their school as a Blue Ribbon Exemplary School only confirmed how they already felt about it.
'All creatures of our God and King' - Pets of all sizes get a special blessing to mark St. Francis' feast day
Joe Kohn
New Boston They didn't file in two-by-two, but there were plenty of animals, and animal lovers, congregated in front of St. Stephen School in New Boston for the faith community's pet blessing last week.
Jerusalem archbishop appeals for solidarity
Robert Delaney
Utica The physical and political isolation of the Palestinian Territories has increased the need for solidarity and support for Palestinian Christians from U.S. Christians, the archbishop in line to become the next patriarch of Jerusalem said Monday night.
October 6, 2006:
10 men to be ordained deacons Saturday
Permanent deacons perform numerous functions in many parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit, besides their most visible role of proclaiming the Gospel at Mass.
Cardinal, imams show respect, vow to continue dialogue
Robert Delaney
Dearborn When Cardinal Adam Maida and Auxiliary Bishop Francis Reiss, along with seven Muslim imams and eight prominent Muslim laymen emerged from a one-hour meeting Sept. 28, it was to give a message of mutual respect and solidarity in their commitment to continued dialogue.
Celebrating Recife
Joe Kohn
Detroit The Archdiocese of Detroit and the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will have a prayer service Oct. 8 to celebrate the 41 years priests and vowed religious from the Detroit area have ministered through a mission in Recife, Brazil.
'Gang priest': Every life is valuable
Joe Kohn
Detroit They're thugs. They're drug dealers. They're outlaws. In the world's eyes, the people who walk into the life of Fr. Gregory Boyle, SJ, are outcast and undesirable.
Mosque visit brings hope for the future
Msgr. Halfpenny
On Sept. 21, junior high students from our school, St. Paul on the Lake, visited the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. We'd been planning the visit since last spring, as part of our Tuesday Advisory Program (TAP).
Sr. Murray: St. Catherine of Sienna 'still inspires'
Joe Kohn
Detroit The Archdiocese of Detroit soon will be visited by a saint, and we're not talking St. Nicholas here, either.
Pro-life - Fr. Pavone hopes to inform and encourage activists
Robert Delaney
Detroit Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, will seek to arm pro-life activists with information about the stem-cell research issue and encourage them to do their duty as faithful citizens in the upcoming election when he addresses the Right to Life of Lapeer annual banquet, Wednesday, Oct. 18.
Cardinal Arinze stresses the role of the liturgy
Robert Delaney
Warren The Vatican's top cardinal for worship and sacramental issues told a crowd of nearly 800 people last Saturday that it is import that liturgy be done right.
MCC hails new state tax credit for the working poor
Joe Kohn
Detroit It could be called a tremendous victory for the Michigan Catholic Conference but the bigger victory goes to the working poor in Michigan.
St. John Bosco Parish celebrates 50 years
Joe Kohn
Redford Twp. Last Sunday, a cozy little church on Beech Daly Road was filled with a whole lot of joy as parishioners of St. John Bosco Parish celebrated the parish's 50th anniversary at its 11 a.m. Mass.
Blue Army seeking 1 billion prayers for peace
Robert Delaney
Detroit The World Apostolate of Our Lady of Fatima is hoping to have 1 billion people worldwide praying for peace this Sunday, Oct. 8.
Christian rockers Mercy Me are 'Coming up to Breathe'
Marylynn G. Hewitt, SFO
Jim Byson, keyboard player for Mercy Me, is doing an interview from his parked car in the IHOP parking lot of his hometown near Dallas when a hit-and-run accident happens right in front of him.
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