February 23, 2007
 Amazing Grace: 3,000 gather in Detroit to celebrate 40 years of the Charismatic Renewal
Robert Delaney
Detroit — One of the world's foremost Charismatic Catholic preachers told a gathering of more than 3,000 they should be focusing more on the future than on the movement's past.
Lay ministers honored at Mardi Gras ceremony
Kristen Lukowski
Detroit — The Mardi Gras celebration at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament was more than a celebration of food and fun — it was a celebration of those who serve the Church.
Today's athletes, tomorrow's leaders: 300 athletes from Catholic schools gather for clinic to learn how to lead
Joe Kohn
Detroit — Jack Roberts, captain of his high school basketball team, hopped into a car with a teammate after practice. His friend reached for the cigarette lighter in the dashboard. Jack grabbed it from him.
Guardian Angels students pave way to City of God with good deeds
Joe Kohn
Clawson — First-grader Lauren Kowal doesn't mind getting her hands dirty to do something nice. When her first-grade class at Guardian Angels School made cookies to send to U.S. military troops in Iraq, she was up to her elbows in cookie dough.
Bon Secours buyers 'unlikely' to keep Catholic identity
Robert Delaney
Detroit — Chances of Bon Secours Hospital in Grosse Pointe retaining its Catholic identity under a new owner are "unlikely," said hospital spokeswoman Cande Tschetter on Monday.
Employee charged in church theft
Detroit – Robert A. Schultz Jr. faces up to four years in prison, if convicted of stealing offering envelopes from the safe at St. Mary Queen of Creation Parish in New Baltimore.
Efforts under way to start Catholic college in southeast Michigan
Joe Kohn
Detroit – A group of educators, priests, scholars and businesspeople are cooperating on an effort to establish a small Catholic liberal arts college in southeastern Michigan.
 February 16, 2007
Woodhaven parish to teach on Divine Mercy
Joe Kohn
To start the Lenten season, Our Lady of the Woods Parish in Woodhaven is hoping to teach as many people as possible about the Divine Mercy devotion.
Parishes work together to honor fallen firefighter
Robert Delaney
Detroit — Joseph Torkos' own church, SS. Andrew & Benedict in southwest Detroit, could never have accommodated all the firefighters who attended his funeral Monday, so his pastor, Fr. Edward Zaorski, borrowed a neighboring church with more than five times the seating capacity.
Macomb shelter serves the homeless of the suburbs Robert Delaney
St. Clair Shores — Kevin Goodrich knew about homelessness in Detroit, but it took a homeless man taking up residence right in front of his church for him to realize it's a problem in the suburbs, too.
February 9, 2007
Joe Kohn
Detroit — Hundreds of students from Catholic schools throughout the area filled the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament last week to hear an important message: "You students are our gifts of great price. You are our treasure. You're worth every cent of (tuition), and every ounce of our time."
Help sought for rebuilding Church in EuropeRobert Delaney
Detroit – In places like Magadan, Russia, where prisoners of Stalinist labor camps once used bits of their bread ration to fashion rosaries with which to pray, the Catholic Church is being built up again with the help of money donated by Catholics in the United States.
Sr. Janet Schaeffler, OP
With Lent just around the corner, some wonderings and some suggestions for all of us and for parish planners.
February 2, 2007
Bp. Quinn blesses new girls' middle school in DetroitRobert Delaney
Detroit — Speaking at the blessing ceremony for the new building for Our Lady of Guadalupe Middle School for Girls Jan. 24, Auxiliary Bishop John Quinn recalled how jigsaw puzzles he did as a child were spoiled if there was a missing piece.
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