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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Prayer for the Election

Oct 28, 2024

October 28, 2024 Dear Friends, On this feast of Saints Simon & Jude, Apostles, we ask their intercession for our Church, our civilization and our country.  St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 48341) will NOT BE OPEN this Wednesday evening, October...

Prayer for the Election

Oct 22, 2024

October 22, 2024 Dear Friends, On this feast of St. Pope John Paul II—2 weeks from Election Day—we ask his intercession to help us do what we can to promote a “culture of life” over (as he coined it) the “culture of death.” St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. West,...

Mass for the Unborn and Prayer for the Election

Oct 14, 2024

October 14, 2024 Dear Friends, Tonight, October 14, at Transfiguration Parish (25225 Code Rd., Southfield, MI 48033) I will preside at a Holy Hour & Mass for the Unborn, starting at 7:00 pm.  Afterwards, there will be a reception and pro-life literature and...