Our pilgrimage to the Holy Land is BACK ON. The Pilgrimage Orientation Meeting is on Sunday, June 21, at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341) from 2:00-4:30 pm in the Lower Level. Enter through the front iron chapel doors. The dates of the pilgrimage are October 12-22, 2026.
First Friday and First Saturday are this week. A 9:00 am Mass will be available on First Saturday in addition to our usual Noon Mass. Doors open at 8:30 am with Confessions available then and after Mass, as needed.
June is the month of the Sacred Heart. A docudrama that has swept France is now coming to the United States: “Sacred Heart: His Reign Has No End.” It will be showing only on June 9, 11 and 14 in select theatres such as the following: AMC Forum 30 (Sterling Hts.), Emagine Palladium (Birmingham), AMC Star Gratiot 15 (Clinton Twp.), MJR Marketplace (Sterling Hts.), Emagine Novi, AMC Livonia 20, Emagine Canton and Emagine Woodhaven. The Immaculate Heart exists for the Sacred Heart, and both Hearts are inseparable in love.
On Thursday, June 11 (not June 12) our bishops will undertake a national consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of our country.
The Solemnity of the Sacred Heart is on Friday, June 12. That evening you are invited to pray our outdoor Stations of the Cross at 7:00 pm in reparation to the Sacred Heart. These are the Stations on our property—most of which are located in “The Hallow”—the grassy area behind our chapel. We will conclude by praying a Litany to the Sacred Heart and a Consecration to the Sacred Heart.
The next day we will have an OUTDOOR MASS for the Memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary—our Shrine’s other patronal namesake (Saturday, June 13). It will be held in The Hallow. May Jesus and Mary reign in the coming Kingdom of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
To communicate with me, please email me directly at my NEW EMAIL abunacalcio1982@gmail.com or call/text me at (313) 727-9784. O Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!
In Jesus, Mary & Joseph,
Fr. Alex Kratz, OFM
Spiritual Director of Terra Sancta Ministries