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St. Anne (Warren)
St. Anne Parish was established in March of 1945. The parish purchased Warren Village Barn for $14,000. The first Mass in the remodeled barn was on Easter Sunday, April 21, 1946. There were 225...
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St. John the Baptist (Ypsilanti)
Missionary priests from Detroit ministered throughout Washtenaw County in the early 1800s. In 1836, there were a thousand residents of Ypsilanti, including 50 Catholics. Fr. Thomas Cullen arrived in...
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Divine Mercy Center (formerly St. Claude Church), Clinton Township
St. Claude Parish was established in 1965 on the south side of Clinton Township. The parish merged with St. Thecla, also in Clinton Township, in 2007. The church closed in 2013 and a lay-lead...
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Northern Michigan churches
I took a road trip to northern Michigan in early October and visited many churches/shrines along my route.+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++St. Peter Cathedral,...
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SS. Cyril & Methodius Seminary (Orchard Lake)
Fr. Leopold Moczygemba, a Conventual Franciscan and one of the first Polish priest in the U.S., petitioned the Vatican to establish a seminary in the United States. Pope Leo XIII granted approval on...
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St. Clement Church (Centerline)
St. Clement Parish was established in 1854 and the parish bought land on the southeast corner of Center Line (now VanDyke) and Church St. (now Engleman St.), a few blocks north of 10 Mile Rd. A wooden...
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Holy Sepulchre Cemetery (Southfield)
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery dates to 1928 and spreads across 350 acres of Southfield. Many bishops, priests, and vowed religious are interred at Holy Sepulchre. Felician Sisters, Religious Sisters of...
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St. Matthew Church, Flint
St. Matthew Parish was established on October 8, 1911, in downtown Flint. Fr. Mortimer Sullivan, a priest of the Order of St. Augustine, was the founding pastor. Construction of the current church was...
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St. Gerald Church, Farmington
Archbishop John Dearden established St. Gerald Parish on June 26, 1964, with Fr. James P. O’Hagan as founding pastor. Masses were celebrated at Flanders Elementary School. A month after the parish was...
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St. Priscilla Church, Livonia
.St. Priscilla Parish was established in 1961 and the current church was built in 1974.Our Lady in the vestibule; Madonna and Child in the sanctuary,The church was designed in the shape of an...
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Sacred Heart Parish, Grosse Ile
The first Church of the Sacred Heart was built in 1915, on the eastern shore of Grosse Ile.A bell mount stands outside the chapel; the bell is engraved with “S. Davis”, “Detroit”, “1889”.A cemetery...
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Our Lady of the Lakes, Waterford
Our Lady of the Lakes began as an outgrowth of St. Patrick in White Lake. Fr. Frederick Delaney celebrated the first Mass on September 26, 1948. At it's founding, Our Lady of the Lakes had 150...
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St Pius X, Southgate
On August 10, 1950, ground was broken to build St. Pius X Church. During construction, Mass was held at McCann School. On August 5, 1953 three Adrian Dominican sisters moved into a newly constructed...
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Our Lady of the Angels Parish (formerly St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Taylor)
St. Cyril of Jerusalem Parish was established in June, 1953, with Fr. Carlson Robideau as founding pastor. The first Mass was celebrated on July 10 at Sudman School in Allen Park; later Masses were...
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St. Mary Mercy Hospital, Livonia
Architectural rendering of the new chapel at St. Mary Mercy Hospital - SourceSt. Mary Mercy Hospital has undergone extensive renovations and updates in the last several years. In 2017, the hospital...
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Holy Name, Birmingham
Holy Name Parish was established in 1921 with Fr. William W. Ryan as founding pastor. Arthur Des Rosiers designed the first church in a Spanish style, measuring 30' x 80'. Construction began in...
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St. Thoedore (St. Mary Cause of Our Joy Parish), Westland
St. Theodore of Canterbury Parish was established in 1965 and the current church was built in 1975 near the center of Westland.In 2016, St. Theodore merged with other Westland parishes of St. Damian...
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Our Lady of La Salette, Berkley
In 1921, a small group of Catholics bought land for a church in what is now the middle of Berkley. Within three years, the parish of Our Lady of Refuge was established. In 1927, the church was moved...
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St. Aloysius Church, Romulus
The cornerstone of the current church was laid in 1948 and stands near the I-275/I-94 interchange.Fr. John Dumas has been administrator since 2016. He was ordained in 2010 and previously ministered at...
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Mother of God Chaldean Cathedral
Mother of God Church was established in Southfield in 1948. The current edifice was designed in a Byzantine Revival style and completed in 1980. Two years later, the church became a Chaldean cathedral...
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St. Edmund Church (St. Faustina Parish), Warren
St. Edmund Church is located in the northeast section of Warren, on Twelve Mile Road, a few blocks east of Schoenherr.In 2013, St. Edmund merged with St. Sylvester, located less than two miles away....
View ArticleAOD parish schedules, March 13–April 5
All public Masses and public events within the Archdiocese of Detroit are suspended until Monday, April 6th (or otherwise announced by the Archdiocese). However, many churches are open for private...
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St. Linus Church, Dearborn Heights
St. Linus Parish was established in 1956 and the church was built the following year, in the northern part of Dearborn Heights.A statue of the parish patron faces the street.The sanctuary of the church...
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Our Lady of Good Counsel (Plymouth)
Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish is celebrating its centennial this year. The church's sanctuary was renovated in early 2019 with a new altar and new tabernacle. St. James the Greater, St. John the...
View ArticleLenten devotions 2021
A partial list of Lenten devotions in Detroit:=======================================Most Holy Redeemer - bulletinStations of the CrossFridays, after 6:00pm Mass in...
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