Announcements

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The Assumption

Tomorrow (8/14/26) is the liturgical commemoration of St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe.  We will display our large image from Poland to honor him.  He reminds us to be completely guided by the Immaculata in fully and perfectly doing the will of the Father for the Kingdom of...
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Saturday Stuff & Marian Catechesis Class

First Friday is this Friday, August 7, as we honor the Sacred Heart of Jesus whose Heart burns with love for us. This Saturday, August 8 is the Feast of St. Dominic to whom the Queen of Heaven gave the Holy Rosary. HOW MUCH WE NEED THE ROSARY today!  This Saturday is...
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First Wednesday & More

The Shrine is OPEN tomorrow, First Wednesday (August 5).  Although we will honor St. Joseph for First Wednesday, I will talk about Blessed Frederic Janssoone (a Memorial in Canada), a fellow friar from the Holy Land who built up the Shrine of our Lady of the Cape in...
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Independence Day

Jul 4, 2026

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...

Fourth of July and First Wednesday, Friday & Saturday

Jun 30, 2026

Tomorrow, July 1, is First Wednesday.  We will have St. Joseph Devotions after Mass.  Since it is the feastday of St. Junipero Serra, during Mass we will honor our saint of the day.  He is a fellow Franciscan and “Father of the California Missions” who was canonized...

Mary Founded Our Shrine & Pilgrimage Orientation Meeting

Jun 27, 2026

On June 17, 1947, the Blessed Virgin Mary founded our Shrine by speaking to Fr. Jarzembowski at the Marian Congress in Ottawa, Canada, to start a shrine in little Pontiac.  Within one year, on June 20, 1948, an Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit blessed the Shrine as it...