Announcements

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Our Lady of Fatima & our new organ

Happy Memorial of Our Lady of Fatima today!  Today is the 108th Anniversary of the first apparition at Fatima to the three children.  Below are words from Our Lady of Fatima to give you spiritual food to ponder. Our new organ has arrived from Italy.  Thank you, all...

St. Joseph the Worker and First Friday & First Saturday

In the afterglow of Divine Mercy Sunday we have a lot of “mercy” coming our way in the remainder of this week. This Thursday, May 1, is the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker. We will be OPEN at the regular hours. This Friday is First Friday, May 2. Mercy emanates from...

Divine Mercy Sunday

Divine Mercy Sunday is this Sunday, April 27.  We will observe it with a full panoply of prayers and sacraments at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (400 South Blvd. W., Pontiac, MI 48341).  We are blessed to have the relic of St....

Feast of the Annunciation, Healing Service, Outdoor Stations of the Cross

March 22, 2023 Dear Friends, This Saturday, March 25 is the second Solemnity of Lent - the Annunciation of the Lord. Secular Franciscans (i.e., Third Order Franciscans) from all over the Detroit area will join us. Doors open at 10:30 am with Exposition and Confessions...

Feast of St. Joseph, Healing Service, Outdoor Stations of the Cross

March 13, 2023 Dear Friends, Monday, March 20 is the Solemnity of St. Joseph—Patron of the Universal Church and of Terra Sancta Ministries and the namesake of our little chapel. (The feast is transferred from its usual date of March 19 because it falls on a Sunday...

Mass & Holy Hour for Life and Ash Wednesday

February 15, 2023 Dear Friends, Tomorrow, Thursday, February 16, we will have our first Mass & Holy Hour for Life. Doors open with Exposition at 6:30 pm, Mass is at 7:00 pm and the Holy Hour follows (about 8:00 pm). We are praying for God’s grace for a culture of...