Announcements

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

CLOSED & Pilgrimage Orientation Meeting

The Shrine will close AFTER tomorrow for a summer break: i.e., from July 12-31.  So “Keep Cool with Christ” as our outdoor signs says! I can still accept Mass Intentions while we are closed.  (I offer Mass every day—often a private one.)  Mass Intentions can be given...
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Pilgrimage Orientation Meeting

This year, I will be leading a Catholic Pilgrimage to the Holy Land on October 12-22. The Orientation Meeting is this Saturday, July 11, 2:00-4:00 pm at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341) in the Lower Level. Enter through the front iron doors of...
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Independence Day

Dear Friends, We now have a flier (IT IS ATTACHED and is emailable or hard copy) for our October 12-22 Holy Land Pilgrimage that you may request in anticipation of the July 11 (Saturday) 2:00 pm mandatory Pilgrimage Orientation Meeting at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South...
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Rosary Rally & CLOSED Wednesday

Oct 10, 2025

Tomorrow, Saturday, October 11, at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341), we will hold our Rosary Rally outside in front of St. Joseph Friary (not Chapel)—the former rectory.  It will begin at Noon. ...

Our Lady of the Rosary, Rosary Rally, Columbus Talk

Oct 6, 2025

Reminder: tonight at the Church of the Transfiguration (25225 Code Rd., Southfield, MI 48033), there will be a 7:00 pm Holy Hour & Mass for the Unborn, followed by a reception.  Let’s fight for the unborn, and more precisely let’s fight for the conceived, since...

Gaza & St. Francis of Assisi

Oct 2, 2025

Oct. 2, 2025The Guardian Angels Dear Friends, Israel’s Defense Minister, Israel Katz, is threatening that any residents remaining behind in Gaza City will be considered “terrorists and terror supporters.”  That nonsense, and it is itself a terrorist threat, since that...