Detroit — A merger of two Detroit parishes and one Hamtramck parish will result in Detroit’s first parish named for the late pontiff, Blessed John Paul II. In a decree also issued Dec. 17, Archbishop Vigneron granted that Transfiguration-Our Lady Help of Christians Parish and St. Louis the King Parish in Detroit, and St....
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Detroit — During a winter commencement ceremony, Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Moses Anderson this month received an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Saint Xavier University in Chicago. Bishop Anderson, who retired from active ministry in 2004, was honored for his work with civil rights both during and before his episcopacy in Detroit. The university...
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Both at home and across the world, Catholics had an eventful year that will greatly impact the Church into the future Every year in the Church is filled with both blessings and challenges. Both locally and globally, 2011 was a year that brought us some historic ones. From the joyous occasion of naming Detroit’s...
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By John Thavis | Catholic News Service Vatican City — Vatican officials offered strong encouragement, precise questions and occasional challenges to bishops from New York state during their November “ad limina” visits, said Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York. Their talks included free and informative exchanges on sex abuse, parish closings, the state...
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Detroit— Nine metro Detroit parishes will close over the next five years if Archbishop Allen Vigneron accepts the recommendations a mostly lay advisory board approved Nov. 30. Another 60 parishes would be merged down to 21 if the recommendations of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Archdiocesan Pastoral Council are accepted as presented. At a news...
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