Announcements

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Our Lady of Fatima & our new organ

Happy Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima today!  Today is the 108th Anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima to the three children.  Below are words from Our Lady of Fatima to give you spiritual food to ponder. Our new organ has arrived from Italy.  Thank you, all...
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St. Joseph the Worker and First Friday & First Saturday

In the afterglow of Divine Mercy Sunday we have a lot of “mercy” coming our way in the remainder of this week. This Thursday, May 1, is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. We will be OPEN at the regular hours. This Friday is First Friday, May 2. Mercy emanates from...
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Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is this Sunday, April 27.  We will observe it with a full panoply of prayers and sacraments at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341).  We are blessed to have the relic of St....
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First Saturday and More

May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024 Dear Friends, On today’s Feast of the Visitation we look forward to tomorrow’s First Saturday, June 1, when we honor Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Whom we will honor by placing our renovated antique Sacred...

Conflicts in the Middle East from a Christian Perspective

May 23, 2024

May 23, 2024 Dear Friends, Terra Sancta Ministries began as a Franciscan Holy Land ministry to support the Mother Church of Jerusalem.  We went (and still do) by the name “Terra Sancta Pilgrimages.”  As Pope Benedict XVI once said, the Holy Land is the spiritual...

Mary, Mediatrix of All Graces & our May Schedule

May 7, 2024

May 7, 2024 Dear Friends, The handout, “Chronology of the End Times,” is still available upon request. This Wednesday, May 8, at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341) we will celebrate the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mediatrix of All...