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Cardinal Maida says he'll stay in area
by The Michigan Catholic
Published January 9, 2009
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Larry A. Peplin | The Michigan Catholic
Cardinal Adam Maida, at the Jan. 5 press conference announcing his successor, says "I don't plan to go anywhere." |
Detroit — "I am grateful to His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, and to his predecessor, the servant of God, Pope John Paul II. They have afforded me the great honor to serve as the archbishop of Detroit. But as the writer of Ecclesiastes indicates, now is a time for change."
With these words, after having read parts of Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, Cardinal Adam Maida announced that his resignation had been accepted and, after 18 years, he has stepped down as the archbishop of Detroit.
The cardinal had submitted his resignation to the Vatican in March 2005 on his 75th birthday, in compliance with Church law. Nearly four years later, upon Oakland Bishop Allen H. Vigneron's appointment to be the next archbishop of Detroit, the resignation was accepted.
Still, the cardinal assured the faithful and his brother priests this week, he looks forward to playing a role of service in the archdiocese.
"I'm around, and I don't plan to go anywhere," he told a gathering of priests on Monday.
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At 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, he will celebrate a Mass of Thanksgiving for his 25 years as a bishop at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Detroit. For seating information, call (313) 883-8657 or e-mail anniversary@aod.org.
Until Bishop Vigneron's installation Mass on Jan. 28, Cardinal Maida will serve as the apostolic administrator of the Archdiocese of Detroit, meaning he still has his administrative duties until the transition.
At a media briefing Monday, Cardinal Maida said he would take a few weeks of vacation down south "once we have the new archbishop securely in his chair."
After the vacation, he mentioned that he would stay in the Detroit area, where he has an apartment, and focus on "more prayer, serious reading and reflection, and being a priest." Cardinal Maida and his brother, Fr. Ted Maida, also have a family home in Pittsburgh, where they grew up, which the cardinal said they would visit occasionally.
The Michigan Catholic Conference, the Church's public policy organization in Michigan, has set up a Tribute to Cardinal Maida.
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