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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New Film on the Eucharist: “Jesus Thirsts”

Jun 3, 2024

June 3, 2024 A new documentary film, “Jesus Thirsts: The Miracle of the Eucharist”  (www.jesusthirstsfilm.com) will be showing nationwide and in area theatres June 4-6.  It features major Catholic leaders like Scott Hahn and Fr. Donald Calloway and discusses...

First Saturday and More

May 31, 2024

May 31, 2024 Dear Friends, On today’s Feast of the Visitation we look forward to tomorrow’s First Saturday, June 1, when we honor Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart. June is the Month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Whom we will honor by placing our renovated antique Sacred...

Conflicts in the Middle East from a Christian Perspective

May 23, 2024

May 23, 2024 Dear Friends, Terra Sancta Ministries began as a Franciscan Holy Land ministry to support the Mother Church of Jerusalem.  We went (and still do) by the name “Terra Sancta Pilgrimages.”  As Pope Benedict XVI once said, the Holy Land is the spiritual...