Every Sunday since July 1701, Roman Catholics have gathered in a building in the city of Detroit named for its patroness, Ste. Anne, and celebrated Mass together. The building’s location and structure may have changed over the ensuing centuries, but the gathering of Christians under one roof to receive the Eucharist has remained.

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A jubilee pilgrimage of hope through the Basilica of Ste. Annes - Detroit Catholic

The story of the Basilica of Ste. Anne is fully interwoven with the 324-year history of the city of Detroit itself, dating back to 1701

Tim Maag said goodbye to friends in San Lucas Tolimán, Guatemala, not knowing when he might see them again. He admits he shed a few tears.

Maag retired at the end of June after 27 years as a campus minister and theology teacher at St. Mary Catholic Central High School (SMCC) in Monroe. This was his 23rd and final mission trip to the… Read more

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Mission trip to Guatemala leaves deep impression on Monroe Catholic students - Detroit Catholic

Annual trip marks decades of friendship between St. Mary Catholic Central High School and Central American community

On July 14, Strangers No Longer, a Catholic grassroots organization that formed in Detroit to speak on behalf of immigrants, organized a solemn procession from Most Holy Trinity Parish in Corktown to Detroit’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Field Office in order to deliver a letter asking the agency to review immigration… Read more

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Church leaders, faithful lead procession calling for just immigration practices - Detroit Catholic

Solemn procession organized by Strangers No Longer shows solidarity with suffering migrants; archbishop leads group in prayer

Local author Colleen Pressprich is set to release two new children’s books this year through OSV Kids to help guide and teach children about their Catholic faith, as well as her first book for an adult audience through Pauline Press.

A homeschooling mom of five and parishioner at St. Paul on the Lake Catholic Parish in Grosse Pointe Farms,… Read more

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Local author publishes two new children's books, first book catered to adults - Detroit Catholic

Colleen Pressprich's first adult book includes forward by mother of Blessed Carlo Acutis

Everett Knapik, a recent graduate from Gabriel Richard Catholic High School in Riverview, took his passion for music and singing and landed a role with the Detroit Opera Youth Chorus.

Diagnosed with apraxia, a neurological disorder that causes difficulty with motor planning that affected his speech, Knapik was in a program to learn how to… Read more

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Gabriel Richard student finds his unique voice with Detroit Opera Youth Chorus - Detroit Catholic

Diagnosed with a neurological disorder from an early age, Everett Knapik discovers talent for music, singing and performance

Newly ordained Jesuit priest Fr. Matthew Ippel, SJ, started his journey toward becoming Catholic while on an immersion trip to Honduras and El Salvador when he was a rising senior at U of D Jesuit High School and Academy.

As it turns out, he was also beginning his vocation toward becoming a Jesuit Catholic priest.

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New Jesuit priest Fr. Matthew Ippel began his vocational path at U of D Jesuit - Detroit Catholic

While on an immersion trip to El Salvador and Honduras, Dearborn Heights native began a deeper friendship with God

The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, have released an original video mini-series honoring the 22 brave and virtuous young Ugandan converts who were martyred in the late 1800s for their Christian faith.

“The Ugandan Martyrs” — released June 3, the martyrs’ feast day — consists of 24 “bite-sized episodes,” each three to eight… Read more

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New Openlight Media mini-series honors the history, witness of Ugandan martyrs - Detroit Catholic

Video project, four years in the works, seeks to tell the story of those who bravely risked everything for the sake of Jesus

Pilgrims accompanying Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger in Rome have become immersed in the physical and spiritual presence of the holy men and women upon whom the Church is built.

Touring the city’s basilicas, witnessing the places where some of the Church’s earliest saints were martyred, and taking in the relics of St. Peter have all been… Read more

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Pallium pilgrimage gives Detroiters a 'once-in-a-lifetime' perspective of Church - Detroit Catholic

Visits to the tombs of the apostles Peter and Paul, Mass at some of Rome's historic basilicas a reminder of Church's universality

“When you go up, you have just a moment to greet him after he imposes the pallium on you. And you have a quick moment to say, ‘God bless you, thank you,'” Archbishop Weisenburger said. “And I did, I thanked him, and he gives everyone the sign of peace; it’s part of the rite, actually.

“And so after he embraced me, and he looked at me and I… Read more

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Archbishop Weisenburger tells Pope Leo that Detroiters have 'great love' for him - Detroit Catholic

While receiving his pallium, archbishop reminded pope of his diaconal ordination in Michigan, of which Leo has 'fond memories'

The feast day celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica included the traditional blessing of the pallium, the woolen band that the heads of archdioceses wear around their shoulders over their Mass vestments and symbolizes an archbishop’s unity with the pope and his authority and responsibility to care for the flock the pope entrusted to him.

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Sharing Gospel with all 'must be our greatest desire,' pope tells new archbishops - Detroit Catholic

Pope Leo XIV imposes pallium upon 54 new archbishops from around world, including Detroit's own Archbishop Weisenburger