DETROIT — When viewed from the perspective of Church history, the renewal of the permanent diaconate in the Western Church is “still in its toddler stage,” said Deacon Michael McKale. Deacon McKale, 69, is retiring at the end of June as the archdiocesan Office of Clergy and Consecrated Life’s associate director for permanent deacons,...
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DETROIT — When St. Irene Parish, Dundee, and St. Joseph Parish, Ida, found out they’d be merging when the roadmap of the Together in Faith pastoral planning process was released in February 2012, there was no need to wait to get things started. The marriage of the two rural Monroe County parishes, which will...
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Religious jubilarians celebrate years of service to God and neighbor DETROIT — In his remarks at the luncheon for this year’s religious jubilarians — vowed religious women and men marking milestone anniversaries — June 9, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said it was almost unavoidable that he would reprise his early remarks at Mass. “But...
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DETROIT — Sr. Brigid Johnson, RSM, one of this year’s 60-year jubilarians, said she is thankful for what her vocation to the Religious Sisters of Mercy has meant during these past six decades. “It’s a wonderful privilege to be part of a group of women, all of whom want to be of help to...
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Farmington Hills — The occasion of a novice making her first vows at a cloistered monastery is uncommon enough in the 21st century, but to have the accompaniment of an African choir must be rare indeed. But that was precisely what happened April 28 as Sr. Maria of Jesus, OP, made her first profession...
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