Archdiocese of Detroit Archives

Michigan parishioners build ‘chapel of divine chill’ for icy special Mass

Feb 24, 2021

Over 300 parishioners and students gathered around an altar sculpted from ice and snow for a unique Mass at Divine Child Elementary School in Dearborn.

By Daniel Meloy

General dispensation from Sunday Mass in Detroit Archdiocese expires March 13

Feb 11, 2021

Citing the “essential and central nature of the eucharistic sacrifice” in the life of the Catholic Church, Detroit Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron Feb. 9 announced the general dispensation from Sunday Mass for Catholics in the Archdiocese of Detroit will expire March 13.

By Michael Stechschulte, CNS

Suit alleges sexual misconduct by Orchard Lake Schools’ chancellor in Michigan

Dec 18, 2020

The chancellor of the Orchard Lake Schools in Michigan is on administrative leave after a lawsuit filed in federal court Dec. 14 alleged he pressured two employees into sexual activities and retaliated against them when they rebuffed his advances.

By Michael Stechschulte, CNS

Detroit ‘families of parishes’ plan moves ahead; Pittsburgh announces mergers

Dec 2, 2020

Heroic trust in the Holy Spirit and a firm resolve to move forward “on mission” are at the heart of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s transition to “families of parishes,” Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron said Nov. 22 in a new pastoral note.

By Michael Stechschulte, CNS

Detroit seminary has made changes but still has same mission in pandemic

Oct 12, 2020

Amid the pandemic, Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit has the same mission: to form men for the priesthood and prepare all of its students, laity and clergy to be ambassadors for the new evangelization.

By Daniel Meloy

Back to school, far from normal, for schools in Detroit Archdiocese

Sep 2, 2020

The daily routine for Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of Detroit is just another reminder that back to school in 2020 is anything but back to normal.

By Daniel Meloy

Priest baptism story offers memo for reformers: Look before you leap

Aug 25, 2020

Robert K. Merton, a famous American sociologist, was, by all accounts, a smart guy. Among other things, he popularized the expression “law of unintended consequences” to refer to situations when a person does something for one reason, but he or she finds that it produces all sorts of other unexpected results.

By John L. Allen Jr.

Detroit priest’s invalid baptism had ripple effect, archdiocese says

Aug 24, 2020

The Archdiocese of Detroit is seeking to contact anyone who may have received invalid sacraments after a priest of the archdiocese learned his own baptism as an infant 30 years ago was invalid.

By Michael Stechschulte, CNS