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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Attack on Gaza Catholics, This Week and Jan. 1.

Dec 18, 2023

December 18, 2023 Dear Friends, Sadly, evil is perpetuated on both sides of the war in the Holy Land.  Two Catholics, a mother and her daughter, were murdered—yes, that is what it is (with Pope Francis and the U.S. Bishops rightly condemning it)—at the Catholic Church...

Immaculate Conception Holy Day of Obligation

Dec 7, 2023

December 7, 2023 Dear Friends, We will celebrate the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception tomorrow, Friday, December 8, at St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 49341) with the following schedule: (10:30 am) Doors Open & Exposition (11:00 am)...

Franciscan All Saints’ Day

Nov 27, 2023

November 27, 2023 Dear Friends, This Wednesday, November 29, is the Franciscan Order’s commemoration of All the Saints of the Seraphic (Franciscan) Order—the “Franciscan All Saints’ Day.”  It is my understanding that the Franciscan Family with its three orders has the...