Upcoming events: February 1-8

Sunday, February 1, 11:00am
Monthly (English) Mass

ST. ALBERTUS SHRINE

Soup & bread lunch after Mass, $8 donation

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Monday, February 2, 7:00pm

Tridentine Mass for Candlemas

ST. JOSAPHAT CHURCH

Candlemas is 40 days after Christmas and is also called the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary or the Presentation of the Lord.

• Please bring your own candles to be blessed for your use at home
• There will be a Blessing of Candles, a Procession with lighted candles, and then a Sung Mass in the Extraordinary Form.
• Latin-English Missals will be provided.

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Tuesday, February 3, 11:30am
First Tuesdays Healing Mass w/ Anointing of the Sick

STE. ANNE de DETROIT CHURCH

followed by hot luncheon in parish hall.

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Friday, February 6

Dinner For Life

SACRED HEART MAJOR SEMINARY
6:00PM Mass with Archbishop Vigneron
7:00PM Dinner Keynote by Kimberly Hahn, Catholic apologist and author
All donations will be forwarded to Project Hope, a Pro-Life Initiative of Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan.

For online registration, see Eventbrite.

For more info, SHMS.edu

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Saturday, February 7, 9:00am
First Saturday Mass & Devotions

SS. PETER & PAUL CHURCH (west side)

9:00am Mass followed by Exposition, Prayers to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Adoration, and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament

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Saturday, February 7, 7:30am-5:00pm &
Sunday, Feburary 8, 8:00am-5:00pm
Faith in the Fire Retreat for Young Adults

ST. SCHOLASTICA ACTIVITIES BUILDING

Includes 10:00am Sunday Mass

For more info: Facebook

Registration: Google docs

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Sunday, Feburary 8, 11:00am
Mass for World Day of the Sick

BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHEDRAL

Archbishop Vigneron to celebrate

For more info: AOD flyer

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Sunday, Feburary 8, 6:30pm
Theology on Tap

TRAFFIC JAM & SNUG

6:30PM Dinner & social
7:30PM Presentation by Dr. Janet Smith, "The Sexual Mess We are In"

For more info: Facebook

St. Thomas Aquinas Church

St. Thomas Aquinas Parish, established 1955, is located at the northeast corner of Evergreen and Ford Rd., where Detroit meets Dearborn and Dearborn Heights.

The parish elementary school closed several years ago and is currently occupied by a charter school. In 2013, St. Thomas Aquinas merged with nearby St. Christopher to form the aptly-named parish of St. Christopher–St. Thomas Aquinas.

Both churches remain active and Fr. Jaime Hinojos has served as pastor since the merger. Fr. Hinojos is also Vicar of the Trinity Vicariate and very active in evangelization and Hispanic ministry.

The tabernacle is located at the left side of the sanctuary below a resurrected Christ. A large crucifix stands at the right side of the sanctuary.

The Holy Family is depected outside the main entrance and in the sanctuary.


The narthex is dedicated the Blessed Virgin. It features Our Lady of Guadalupe, Our Lady of Częstochowa and Our Lady of Perpetual Help.

A display case shows relics as well as school memorabilia.

Abstract patterns decorate the stained-glass windows.

Sunday Mass is at 9:30am (Spanish) and Noon (English). Thursdays bring Confessions at 5:00pm and Spanish Mass at 6:00pm. Fridays see 10:00am English Mass.

More info: parish website & bulletin archive*
More photos: AOD Film Services
Another blog post: Detroit Pilgrim

* disregard Mass schedule on The Catholic Directory, its outdated

Dinner for Life: February 6

Sixth Annual Dinner for Life

Friday, February 6, 2015, 6:00pm–9:00pm

Sacred Heart Major Seminary

2701 W. Chicago Blvd., Detroit, MI 48206

RSVP online

Please join the seminarians at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in support of the pro-life movement.

6:00pm Mass celebrated by Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron

7:00pm Dinner and keynote with Kimberly Hahn, apologist and author.     

All donations will be forwarded to Project Hope, a Pro-Life Initiative of Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan.

Upcoming events: January 18-22

Monthly Tridentine Mass

Sunday, January 18, Noon

ST. ALBERTUS CHURCH

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Third Sunday Concert Series
Sunday, January 18, 2:00pm

OLD ST. MARY'S CHURCH

"Grand Flourishes," music for trumpets and organ

trumpets: William Beger and Jeff Markwick, organ: Bob Barnhart

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Mass for Martin Luther King Day

Monday, January 19, 10:00am

BLESSED SACRAMENT CATHEDRAL

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Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
Thursday, January 22
MOST HOLY REDEEMER CHURCH
6:00pm Mass with intention of healing for women who have lost a child, had a stillborn baby, had a miscarriage or had an abortion.
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Updated Mass Schedules

Four Detroit churches have recently updated their Mass schedules.

ST. JOSEPH CHURCH
temporarily closed, 4-6 weeks, for building repairs
All Masses at St. Josaphat for time being

ST. JOSAPHAT CHURCH
Sunday: 9:30am (Extraordinary Form) & Noon (Ordinary Form)
Monday: 7:00pm (Extraordinary Form) followed by Our Lady of Perpetual Help devotions
Wednesday: 11:40am Confessions; 12:10pm Mass followed by St. Joseph Novena
Thursday: Noon Mass followed by Novena to the Black Madonna
First Friday: 7:00pm (Extraordinary Form) followed by Sacred Heart Novena

S.S. PETER & PAUL (west side)
effective January 17th
Saturday: 3:00 Confessions; 4:30pm Vigil
Sunday: 9:00am, 10:30am (Polish) & Noon
Monday: 9:00am
Wednesday: 6:15pm Confessions; 7:00pm Mass followed by Our Lady of Perpetual Help devotions
Thursday: 12:15pm
Friday: 9:00am
First Friday: 6:15pm Confessions; 7:00pm Mass followed by Exposition, Adoration, & Benediction
First Saturday: 9:00am followed by Exposition, Adoration, & Benediction
Adoration Chapel: Monday-Saturday, 9:30am-2:45pm

ST. SUZANNE/OUR LADY GATE OF HEAVEN
Sunday: 8:45am
Tuesday & Thursday: 8:30am

Corpus Christi (formerly St. Gerard Parish)

St. Gerard Parish was established, in 1950, in northwest Detroit. The current church is dated to 1964 and located on Evergreen Rd. between 7 and 8 Mile.

St. Eugene Parish, located near 7 Mile and Berg, closed in 1989 and many parishioners moved to St. Gerard.

In 2006, St. Gerard merged with Immaculate Heart of Mary (est. 1948) to create Corpus Christi Parish. The former IHM, two miles east, is still used as a charter school.

Previously, there was another parish named Corpus Christi, established in 1923 and closed 1989, in northeast Detroit. This building is still in use by another denomination.

The clerestory windows feature a colorful, abstract pattern while the lower ones feature excerpts from Scripture.

 

A crucifix hangs in the narthex near an unusual, six-sided baptismal font — most baptismal fonts have eight sides.

Shrines to the Blessed Mother and St. Joseph, respectively.

Fr. Don Archambault arrived in 1988 and remains there today. Daily Mass is celebrated at a side chapel, Monday–Thursday, at 8:30am. Saturday Vigil Mass is at 4:00pm preceded by 3:30pm confessions. Sunday Masses are at 9:00am and 11;00am.

More info: parish website
Interview with the pastor: American Catholic 
More photos: AOD Film Services
About the other Corpus Christi: Creative Gene