For most of Old St. Mary’s Catholic Church’s 191-year history in Detroit’s Greektown neighborhood, it has been served by the Holy Ghost Fathers.
The Congregation of the Holy Spirit, also known as the Holy Ghost Fathers or Spiritans, came to St. Mary in 1893, succeeding the Redemptorists, who in turn succeeded the Franciscans in administering Detroit’s first ethnic German parish.
This Sunday, June 29, will mark the end to the Spiritans’ 132 years of ministry at St. Mary Parish — colloquially known as “Old St. Mary’s” — marking the end of an era of great faith and devotion at the Greektown parish.
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Congregation of the Holy Spirit, which has served Old St. Mary's since 1893, celebrates final Mass at downtown parish on June 29
