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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Conference on Our Lady of Guadalupe & Our Lady of the Angels

Jul 29, 2025

Today is the Memorial of Ss. Mary, Martha & Lazarus of Bethany. Saturday, August 16, at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, a conference on Our Lady of Guadalupe will be held (8:30 am-5:00 pm at $30.00/person, including breakfast & lunch).  It is bilingual—that is,...

Solemnity of Ss. Joachim & Anne

Jul 25, 2025

Tomorrow, Saturday, July 26, we liturgically commemorate Saints Joachim & Anne—the parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary.  What is normally a liturgical Memorial in other dioceses in the Catholic Church is a Solemnity for us in the Archdiocese of Detroit because Anne...

Suffering Palestinian Christians in the Holy Land

Jul 10, 2025

Dear Friends, Sadly, we’ve decided to cancel our pilgrimage to the Holy Land this November.  The ongoing violence between Israel and Iran makes it imprudent to go. One thing we don’t hear much about in the news is the violence in the West Bank—by Jewish settlers...