Announcements

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HELLO FROM JERUSALEM

Today, October 19, as we honor the North American Martyrs who gave their lives for Jesus, we 36 pilgrims from Detroit just celebrated a 6:00 am Mass in the Tomb in the place where Jesus gave His life for us.  Calvary and the Tomb are all under one roof since the...
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Holy Land Pilgrimage & St. Carlo Acutis

On today’s feast of St. Carlo Acutis, buried in St. Francis’s town of Assisi, and on Columbus Day (himself a Third Order Franciscan), we 36 pilgrims depart for the Holy Land to walk in the footsteps of Jesus—God in the flesh.  We thank you for your prayers, and be...
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Rosary Rally & St. Carlo Acutis

October is the Month of the Holy Rosary.  Tomorrow, October 10, the second Saturday of October, Rosary Rallies will be held across the country.  Our Rosary Rally will be at Noon (our normal Mass time) outside in front of the friars’ house (St. Joseph Friary)—the...
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Our Lady of the Rosary & St. Carlo Acutis

Oct 6, 2026

October is the Month of the Holy Rosary.  This is due to the 1571 Battle of Lepanto when, against overwhelming odds, the Catholics praying the Rosary at the behest of the holy Pope St. Pius V invoked the intercession of the holy Mother of God to save Europe from the...

Guardian Angels & Outdoor Mass for St. Francis

Oct 2, 2026

The Month of the Holy Rosary began yesterday.  At Fatima (and other approved apparitions), Our Lady asked of the 3 children (who were pre-teen) to PRAY THE ROSARY DAILY.  Seriously consider doing this if do not.  Consider also the ROSARY ELECTION PLEDGE for the...

Mass for the Holy Archangels, Sept. 29

Sep 25, 2026

Tuesday, September 29, we will honor the Holy Archangels: “Saints” Michael, Gabriel and Raphael.  (We call them “saints” because they are holy—that being the same word in Latin.)  That is the last evening for our Marian Catechesis which begins with a 6:00 pm Mass,...