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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Independence Day & First Friday and First Saturday

Jul 3, 2025

This year Independence Day coincides with First Friday.  The good but limited understanding of God in our American civil religion and founding documents is rounded out by the fullness of revealed truth as found in the Catholic Faith.  For example, the merciful Sacred...

First Wednesday, First Friday & First Saturday

Jul 1, 2025

The three “firsts” all fall this week—First Wednesday (July 2), First Friday (July 4) and First Saturday (July 5).  In this Month of the Precious Blood, we also remember our nation’s freedom came at the cost of blood as we commemorate Independence Day on the Fourth of...

Our Anniversary, the Sacred Heart & the Immaculate Heart

Jun 24, 2025

Today is the 17th Anniversary of Terra Sancta Ministries (initially called “Terra Sancta Pilgrimages”).  We were “born”—founded—on the Feast of the Birth of St. John the Baptist (June 24) in 2008.  This is our Mission Statement: Terra Sancta Ministries is a Franciscan...