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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St. Maximilian Kolbe & the Assumption of Our Lady

Aug 13, 2024

August 13, 2024 Dear Friends, Please join us for the upcoming celebrations at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 48341).  Tomorrow, Wednesday, August 14, is the feast of St. Maximilian Kolbe, the great...

Confraternity

Jul 29, 2024

July 29, 2024 Dear Friends, First Friday and First Saturday fall this week.  On First Friday we will emphasize reparation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus to whom France—which is hosting the Olympics—is consecrated.  We will do this for the blasphemous depiction of the...

St. Bonaventure and Evenings of Reparation & Life

Jul 15, 2024

July 15, 2024 Dear Friends, TODAY is the Feast of St. Bonaventure, the great Franciscan theologian called the “Seraphic Doctor,” whom we will commemorate at our Mass tonight for our Evening of Reparation (Third Monday) at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the...