Sunday, July 12, 2015

Upcoming events: July 17-31

Novena to Ste. Anne
STE. ANNE de DETROIT
July 17-26
In effort to reflect the area's diversity and special intentions, each day is targeted to a specific group
Fri. 7/17       7:00pm   Chaldean
Sat. 7/18      7:00pm   French
Sun. 7/19    11:00am   Latino & Parish/School Alumni
Mon. 7/20   7:00pm   First Responders
Tue. 7/21     7:00pm   Healing w/Anointing of the Sick
Wed. 7/22   7:00pm   Polish
Thu. 7/23    7:00pm   Italian
Fri. 7/24      7:00pm   Ukrainian & Croatian
Sat. 7/25      7:00pm   Irish
Sun. 7/26     1:00pm   Solemnity of Ss. Anne & Joachim


Masses followed by novena prayers are also celebrated weekdays and Saturdays, in the chapel, at 10:00am.

Ste-Anne.org

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Novena for the 58th Anniversary of Venerable Solanus Casey’s Death
ST. BONAVENTURE MONASTERY CHAPEL
July 23-31
Thursday-Friday, July 23-24 - Weekday Masses at Noon 
Saturday, July 25 - Mass at 5 p.m.
Sunday, July 26 - Masses at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Bishop Walter Hurley will celebrate Mass at 1:30p.m.. Monday-Friday, July 27-31- Weekday Masses at Noon

SolanusCasey.org

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Solemn High Extraordinary Form Mass
BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHEDRAL
Friday, July 31, 7:00pm
Homily by Archbishop Allen Vigneron
Music by Joseph Balistreri, Director of Sacred Music, Archdiocese of Detroit
Young adults, age 18-35, invited to dinner & social, in parish hall, after Mass

JuventutemMichigan.com

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

St. Ambrose (Grosse Pointe Park)


St. Ambrose Parish was established by Bishop John Foley on  September 16, 1916. A temporary, wood-frame church was designed by the architectural firm of Donaldson & Meier. The first Mass was celebrated on July 4, 1917. A grade school opened in 1920 with 650 students and a high school was added three years later.


Construction of a permanent church began in 1926. Again Donaldson & Meier designed the parish church, this time in the Norman Gothic style. The first Mass was celebrated on Christmas Eve of 1927.


Detroit Stained Glass Company fabricated the windows and they were installed in the late 1930s. A 2,400 pipe organ was installed after World War II. Local architect George Diehl oversaw completion of a new rectory in 1947 and a Adrian Dominican convent three years later.


1972 saw the closure of the parish high school as well as renovations to the church interior. The former high school was razed in 1983.


 

Construction of a new social hall, called the ARK, began in 1999. It was designed by architect Gunnar Birkerts who also oversaw the renovation of Blessed Sacrament Cathedral. The grade school closed in 2002 but is now occupied by a charter school.

St. Ambrose is located just north of Jefferson and east of Alter Rd., very close to the border of Grosse Pointe Park and Detroit.


Icons of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mother of Perpetual Help hang in the narthex.


The baptismal font stands at the rear of the nave, in the center aisle.

Windows in the lower level and clerestory, respectively, are identical to each other.

The Holy Family stands alongside the Paschal candle.

Icons of many saints line the walls of the nave.

The tabernacle stands in the west transept.

A statue of the patron in the east transept, along with St. Patrick.

Fr. Timothy Pelc is pastor. Daily Mass is at 8:30am every weekday. Saturday Vigil Mass is at 4:00pm while Sunday Mass is at 8:30am and 11:15am.


For more info: parish website

For more photos: AOD Film Services