Announcements

Please follow this page for updates, schedule changes and information from Fr. Alex. 

Holy Week & Upcoming April Events

April 15, 2025 Dear Friends, In this most holy time, we at Terra Sancta Ministries wish you a holy Holy Week and a Happy Easter. We will be open tomorrow, Wednesday of Holy Week, with our normal schedule.  We will closed Holy Thursday and Good Friday, We will be be...
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Holy Week & Upcoming April Events

April 8, 2025 Dear Friends, This Friday, April 11, will be our last Stations of the Cross (held after Mass).  We will pray those of St. Alphonsus Liguori.  We will be OPEN for Wednesday of Holy Week (April 16).  We will be closed on Holy Thursday (normally Third...
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10th Anniversary of Purchasing the Shrine

As the Solemnity of the Annunciation comes upon us tomorrow, we give thanks to Almighty God for the 10th Anniversary of our (Terra Sancta Ministries’) purchase of the Shrine property from the Archdiocese of Detroit back on March 25, 2015. The Blessed Mother wanted her...
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Evening Events, Movie Returns & More

Jun 14, 2024

June 14, 2024 Dear Friends, If anyone wished to help around the Shrine in any capacity, please let Fr. Alex know. There are many and varied ways to do so, even for an hour or two at a time.  Our Evening of Reparation is this Monday, the Third Monday, June 17 and...

Summer Closure, New Address, Movie Returns

Jun 11, 2024

June 11, 2024 Dear Friends, We will not be open for the Feast of St. Anthony of Padua this Thursday, June 13, but you can still pray to him not only for lost items (“Tony, Tony, turn around, help me find what can’t be found!”) but also and more importantly, to grow to...

Feasts of the Sacred Heart & Immaculate Heart of Mary

Jun 6, 2024

June 6, 2024 Dear Friends, Tomorrow, June 7, is not only First Friday and but the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.  At St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 48341) we will celebrate this great day with joy and due solemnity this preeminent symbol...