Eucharistic Adoration on Election Day

In preparation for Election Day, many parishes are providing opportunities for Eucharistic Adoration. These will be invaluable opportunities for petition and reparation ahead of this important election.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 7

St. Michael Church, Livonia
Adoration 9:15am-Midnight 
parish website

National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica, Royal Oak
6:30pm Rosary, 7:00pm Mass, 8:00pm Benediction
* A Perpetual Adoration chapel is also located southeast of the church on 12 Mile Rd.
parish website + bulletin

St. Albert the Great, Dearborn Heights
7:30pm Holy Hour
parish website + bulletin

SS. Cyril & Methodius, Sterling Heights
Prayer Vigil at 7:00pm followed by Adoration until Midnight 
* A Perpetual Adoration chapel is also next to the main entrance of the church
parish website

Our Lady of La Salette, Berkley
7:00pm Holy Hour
parish website + bulletin

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OVERNIGHT, MONDAY–TUESDAY

Assumption Grotto, Detroit
Mass at 7:00pm on Monday followed by Adoration until 7:30am Mass on Tuesday
parish website

St. Isaac Jogues, St. Clair Shores
Mass at 8:30pm on Monday followed by all-night Adoration (no scheduled time for Reposition) 
parish website + bulletin

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TUESDAY, NOVEMER 8

St. Paul on the Lake, Grosse Pointe Farms
Mass at 6:15am & 8:30am; Adoration Noon-7:00pm
parish website + bulletin

SS. Peter & Paul, Detroit (west side)
Mass at 7:00am followed by Adoration until Benediction at 8:00pm
parish website + bulletin

Our Lady of Sorrows, Farmington
Adoration 8:30am-8:30pm
parish website + bulletin

St. John Bosco, Redford Township
Perpetual Help devotions at 8:15am, Mass at 8:30am, Adoration 9:00am-9:00pm 
parish calendar

Church of the Divine Child, Dearborn
Mass at 6:30am & 8:30am, Adoration 9:00am-7:00pm 
parish website + bulletin

Our Lady of Good Counsel, Plymouth
Mass at 8:00am followed by Adoration until midnight
parish website + bulletin

Our Lady of Loretto, Redford Township
Mass at 8:30am, Adoration 9:00am-6:45pm 
parish website

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ELECTION PRAYER
By Servant of God Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J.

Lord Jesus Christ, You told us to give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God. Enlighten the minds of our people in America. May we choose a President of the United States, and other government officials, according to Your Divine will. Give our citizens the courage to choose leaders of our nation who respect the sanctity of unborn human life, the sanctity of marriage, the sanctity of marital relations, the sanctity of family,
and the sanctity of aging. Grant us the wisdom to give You, what belongs to You, our God. If we do this, as a nation, we are confident You will give us an abundance of Your blessings through our elected leaders. Amen.

U.S.C.C.B. PRAYER FOR THE ELECTION

     Lord God, as the election approaches, we seek to better understand the issues and concerns that confront the United States and how the Gospel compels us to respond as faithful citizens in our community.
     We ask for eyes that are free from blindness so that we might see each other as brothers and sisters, one and equal in dignity, especially those who are victims of abuse and violence, deceit and poverty.
     We ask for ears that will hear the cries of children unborn and those abandoned, men and women oppressed because of race or creed, religion or gender. We ask for minds and hearts that are open to hearing the voice of leaders who will bring us closer to Your Kingdom.
     We pray for discernment so that we may choose leaders who hear Your Word, live Your love, and keep in the ways of Your truth as they follow in the steps of Jesus and His Apostles and guide us to Your Kingdom of justice and peace. We ask this in the name of Your Son Jesus Christ and through the power of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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Additionally, TheRealPresence.org maintains a directory of Perpetual Adoration sites.

Exhibition of Eucharistic Miracles + 40 Hours Devotion

SS. Peter and Paul Parish (west side Detroit) will devote the first nine days of October to the Most Blessed Sacrament:

VATICAN INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES

October 1–9

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40 HOURS’ DEVOTION
The Eucharist – Source and Summit of Our Faith
October 7–9


SCHEDULE
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Friday, October 7, 2016 (First Friday & Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary)

6:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation

6:30 p.m. Recitation of the Rosary in Honor of the Feast Day of Our Lady of the Rosary

7:00 p.m. Holy Mass followed by Exposition, prayers to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Adoration, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Saturday, October 8, 2016

9:00 a.m. Holy Mass followed by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

10:00 a.m. Lecture: “The Eucharist in the Year of Mercy”

Msgr. John Kasza, pastor of St. James in Novi, will discuss how the Eucharist at its very essence is a merciful act of God the Father. In instituting the Eucharist, Jesus Christ, who is mercy, calls us to be merciful to ourselves and especially to others. In addition, the Holy Spirit invites us to become people of the Eucharist who live out Christ’s sacrifice through our words and actions.

Brunch will follow the lecture in the Lower Church Hall. Please let us know you are attending the lecture and brunch by calling 313-846-2222 ext. 100 and leaving a message by Monday, September 26.

10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

3:00 p.m. Sacrament of Reconciliation

4:30 p.m. Holy Mass followed by Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

5:30 p.m. Music, Prayers, and Litany to the Blessed Sacrament

6:00 p.m. Evening Prayer and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

10:30 a.m. Holy Mass & Eucharistic Procession celebrated in English & Polish. Light reception to follow in the Lower Church Hall. ONE MASS ON THIS DAY!


For more info: ssppdetroit.net

Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament (Farmington Hills)

Beginning in 1206, St. Dominic, along with Diego de Acedo, preached in the Languedoc region of southern France.  Diego soon died but St. Dominic quickly developed a following. St. Dominic and his followers adopted a rule of life based on that of St. Augustine. In a papal bull dated December 22, 1216, Pope Honorius III confirmed the Order of Preachers (a.k.a. Dominicans) as an order of canons regular. Therefore, this year is the order's 800th anniversary.

Dominican nuns arrived in the U.S. in 1880 and, in 1905, Mother Mary Emmanuel petitioned Bishop John S. Foley to come to Detroit and the bishop accepted without hesitation. Mother Mary Emmanuel and seven nuns temporarily resided in the Murphy Mansion, at Woodward and Kirby in Midtown. Parishioners from Holy Rosary Church (now Our Lady of the Rosary) joined the nuns in Adoration.

Murphy Mansion. Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library

The Murphy Mansion was sold in November of 1907 and the Dominicans were forced to move into a small house at 1180 Cass Avenue for the next two years. The house was far too small for the growing community and Mother Mary Emmanuel sought to build a permanent monastery.

   

September 4, 1908, saw the groundbreaking for Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament at 9704 Oakland Avenue. In 1910, the Dominicans moved in when the monastery was still half-finished. The cornerstone of the chapel was laid on June 25, 1911, and Bishop Foley led a fundraising effort. 

   

On March 25, 1912, the Feast of the Annunciation, the chapel was formally dedicated by Grand Rapids Bishop Edward D. Kelly. A few years later, three blocks west, Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament would be built.

Dominicans continued to grow and expand in the United States. On November 21, 1915, seven nuns, including Mother Mary Emmanuel, left Detroit to establish another monastery in Albany, New York.

    

The community had petitioned the Holy See as early as 1923 for the privilege of taking Solemn Vows but for some reason this was not granted until December of 1929. The document granting the permission arrived on Christmas Eve of that year but it was deferred until April 30, 1930 when Bishop Gallagher himself received the Solemn Vows of the Prioress, Mother Mary of the Sacred Heart who, in turn received the Solemn Vows of each of the remaining 21 members of the community.

   

There were more than 50 Dominican nuns in Detroit when Mother Mary Imelda was elected prioress in 1944, the decision to make a new foundation was reached. Mother Mary Imelda herself led the group of 15 foundresses to a new site in Lufkin, Texas where the Monastery of the Infant Jesus, begun in 1945, continues to thrive.

During the 1950s, the monastery's structural condition deteriorated beyond repair. Mother Mary of Jesus Kalt was the Prioress at the time, she asked Cardinal Mooney for advice and permission to move. Cardinal Mooney gave his blessing and encouragement to launch fundraising. Additionally, he donated the land where the monastery now stands at 13 Mile & Middlebelt in Farmington Hills. Cardinal Mooney died in 1958 and was replaced by Archbishop Dearden, who later became a cardinal, and Dearden continued the fundraising efforts. An extern named Sr. Mary Louis de Montfort contacted prominent businessmen, they decided to hire a professional fundraising firm and the “Challenge Campaign” began in early 1964.

   

A groundbreaking ceremony took place on August 16, 1964 but the cornerstone was not laid until June 27, 1965. Twenty one sisters had lived and died on Oakland Avenue; they were buried in the vaults beneath the Detroit monastery and were transferred to Southfield's Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in 1965.

On June 17, 1966, the nuns relocated to the new monastery in Farmington Hills. On July 1, 1966, then the Feast of the Precious Blood, Archbishop John F. Dearden arrived to celebrate Mass and conduct the dedication ceremonies. He was assisted by Fathers Joseph Imisch, Thomas Gumbleton and Walter Schoenherr; all three priests would alter become bishops. The Dominican provincial, Fr. Albert Drexelius, OP, preached the homily. The Detroit monastery was later razed and an elementary school currently stands at the site. In 2006, the centennial of their arrival in Michigan, the nuns published Monastic Milestones, an exhaustive history of the community.

Blessed Mother statue and prayer garden on the monastery's south side

A large crucifix on the façade of the chapel, another on a sanctuary wall

  

The chapel is divided in half. The public sits in the front section nearest the parking lot while the sanctuary separates the public from the cloistered nuns.

Statues of the Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Joseph hang on the walls of the nave

   

Windows from the façade (left) as well as sides (right) of the chapel

   

The chapel is open daily from 6:45am-5:00pm, including daily Mass at 7:15am and Vespers at 4:30pm

   

The nuns financially support themselves, in part, by operating a religious gift store

Statues of the Infant of Prague and St. Dominic at the front of the store

For more info: monastery website

St. Stephen – Mary, Mother of the Church

St. Stephen – Mary, Mother of the Church is situated on Central Ave, about 1/4 mile south of Michigan Avenue, in southwest Detroit. The history of this church is somewhat mysterious. An article in The Michigan Catholic states that it was founded in 1917. However, in the archdiocese directory of closed/current parishes, there is no reference to St. Stephen in Detroit until 1993.

One note that is obvious: this is a fairly new church and the cornerstone is dated 1967.

Like many churches in Detroit, St. Stephen – Mary, Mother of the Church has Polish roots. The former parochial school, much older than the church, is next door and currently houses a charter school. Looking at the inscription above the door, it is clear that this was once home to a Polish-speaking community.

A faded mural decorates the south wall of the school, facing towards the church.

The Infant of Prague stands in front of the rectory, across the street from the church.

All of the windows are plain and geometric stained-glass.  Large, wide window panes are displayed in the nave. Tall, thin windows are found at the sides of the altar and in the narthex.

A lovely statue of the Blessed Mother stands in one corner of the narthex. An inscription below her feet translates to "bless this request." The Stations of the Cross are fairly small and inconspicuous — possibly less than one square foot.

There is no choir loft: musicians are staged in front of the Sacred Heart altar. On the opposite side, Our Lady of the Rosary is flanked by St. Anne with child Mary as well as St. Theresé.

At the beginning of 2014, St. Stephen – Mary, Mother of the Church merged with Our Lady Queen of Angels (est. 1915) to form the new Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish. As the name may suggest, a large part of the congregation is of Latino descent. With the exception of 9:00am Sunday Mass, all services are in Spanish.

Fr. Marie-Elie Haby currently serves as pastor and Fr. Bernardo Cruz is associate pastor. Fr. Haby is also a Regional Vocation Coordinator wherein he promotes vocations in the Central Region.

Sunday Mass is at 9:00am (English) and 11:00am (Spanish). Tuesday Mass and Saturday Vigil Mass are at 7:00pm and in Spanish. Confessions are heard 5:45pm–6:45pm on Saturdays and Tuesdays. Eucharistic Adoration is practiced on Tuesdays, 6:00pm–7:00pm, before Mass.

More photos: AOD Film Services

Bulletin archive: The Catholic Directory
Slideshow of school photos: YouTube

More info: Creative Gene