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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Rosary Rally, the Holy Land & 100th Anniversary Mass

Oct 9, 2023

October 9, 2023 Dear Friends, This Saturday, October 14, at St. Joseph Chapel & the Shrine of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 48341) we will hold a Rosary Rally at Noon in front of the rectory (the house).  Mass will follow the...

First Friday & First Saturday

Oct 5, 2023

October 5, 2023 Dear Friends, At St. Joseph Chapel (400 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, MI 48341) we will observe First Friday which falls tomorrow, October 6. Mass is at Noon. Due to construction on Bagley Ave., OUR WATER WILL BE TURNED OFF ALL DAY. This means that the...

St. Francis of Assisi, First Friday & First Saturday

Oct 3, 2023

October 3, 2023 Dear Friends, Tonight Franciscans around the world celebrate the “Transitus”—St. Francis’s passing through “Sister Death” to eternal life with the Father. Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 4, we will celebrate the Solemnity of St. Francis of Assisi (“the...