Entries by Annette Sebestin

World Youth Day

Our Pilgrims have left the building! After 2 and half years of planning, fundraising (Strolling Dinners), and other events, our 11 pilgrims and 6 chaperones have arrived safely in Austria. They will visit some historical sites, visit a few more cities, then onto Krakow Poland for the WYD festivities. They couldn’t have done it without […]

World Youth Day Resource Page

With resources from the Catholic Apostolate Center, we offer family, friends, parents and World Youth Day Leaders and our youth, these various links to deepen your pilgrimage experience.      Click on this picture to bring you to the resource page: Also check in on this page every Wednesday for the latest Blog from our Pilgrims! […]

Happy Birthday

Today we celebrate the 221st birthday of St. Vincent Pallotti. The life of St. Vincent Pallotti gives us much to celebrate. With his emphasis on the infinite love of God, St. Vincent Pallotti understood the important role of collaboration among clergy, religious, and laity. He urged all to become apostles of Jesus Christ, what some in […]

Grief Support Group

Starting April 28 through June 2, 2016 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. St. Patrick School building – Room 2 135 Superior Blvd., Wyandotte (corner of Superior and Second St.) Losing someone you love or care deeply about is very painful. You may experience all kinds of difficult emotions and it may feel like the pain […]

SPRING OPEN HOUSE

John Paul II Catholic School 1590 Riverbank, Lincoln Park 313-386-0633 SPRING OPEN HOUSE Wednesday – April 13, 2016   6:00 to 7:30 p.m. John Paul II Catholic School offers: Excellent education in grades K-8. Comprehensive Preschool 3 year old and 4 year old programs. Preschool 3 year olds:  Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:00-11:15 Preschool 4 year […]

The Annunciation of the Lord

April 4  The Annunciation, as much as or even more so than Christmas, represents Christ’s Incarnation. When Mary signaled to Gabriel her acceptance of God’s Will, Christ was conceived in her womb through the power of the Holy Spirit. While most of the Fathers of the Church say that Mary’s fiat was essential to God’s plan of […]

Divine Mercy Sunday

Our Lord Jesus said, “The soul that will go to Confession and receive Holy Communion shall obtain complete forgiveness of sins and punishment. On that day all the divine floodgates through which graces flow are opened. Let no soul fear to draw near to Me, even though its sins be as scarlet…. Mankind will not have […]

White Easter Crosses

The Easter Cross Witness was created to give disciples of Jesus Christ an opportunity during the Easter Season to witness to the Risen Christ. A cross is placed blank side out during the Lenten Season and is turned on Easter Sunday to declare, “He is Risen…And It is Finished!  The Easter Cross Witness gives a […]

Divine Mercy in the Second Greatest Story Ever Told

Please join us on a 10 week journey with Fr. Michael Gaitley in a video series that tells the dramatic history of God’s Love and Mercy. Be moved by the transformative message of St. Faustina, the miraculous appearance of Mary of Fatima, the witness of Maximilian Kolbe, and the world-changing papacy of Pope St. John […]

Unleash the Gospel

Unleash the Gospel – The New Evangelization is unfolding and breathing new life into the Church in Detroit.Unleash the Gospel is a major push to change the DNA of the Church in Detroit to one of a Body of Christ on mission. What we are attempting is nothing less than a radical overhaul of the […]