The Church and stem cells - State's Catholics to get DVD explaining 'forefront of human life issues'
Robert Delaney
Detroit — To clear up confusion about the stem-cell research issue, every registered Catholic home in Michigan will soon be receiving a DVD and other information in the mail.

 

October Prayer Theme: We can evangelize as 'missionaries for life'
Adam Cardinal Maida
Every October, throughout our nation, the Church celebrates Respect Life Month, a special time to reaffirm our commitment to the dignity of human life from the first moment of conception until natural death.

 

Local professor seeks cures with adult stem cells
Robert Delaney
Detroit – Medical researcher Jean Peduzzi-Nelson, Ph.D., already knows the use of adult stem cells can lead to new treatments, because she has seen promising results.

 

Catholics take special steps to promote life in October
Joe Kohn
Detroit — You typically won't flip on your local news station or pick up your local paper and learn about the horrors of abortion, the lives of children that it takes and the intense psychological damage it can do to women and families.

 

Survey: Residents reject killing embryos
The Michigan Catholic News
Detroit — An overwhelming majority of Michigan residents oppose the killing of human embryos for research purposes, according to a study conducted by a national polling firm.

 

One proud graduate - After 63 years, WWII vet to receive high school diploma from CC
Joe Kohn
Roseville – After the end of their junior year, most young men attending Catholic Central High School spend a year of hard study, perhaps play on a sports or academic team, and scope out colleges before they receive their diplomas.

Oct. 17 Mass for Commerce is for all in business
Robert Delaney
Detroit — The idea behind the annual Mass for Commerce is "the rejuvenation of the strength of the power of the Holy Spirit in commerce," says John Sier, an attorney with the Kitch Law Firm in Detroit and a co-chair of the event.

 

St. Dunstan pastor resigns; parishioners informed on debt
Joe Kohn
Detroit — Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Francis Reiss informed parishioners of St. Dunstan Parish in Garden City that pastor Fr. Donald Demmer — who'd been on medical leave for several weeks — would not return to the parish.

 

Local dates set for 'St. Augustine' play
Robert Delaney
There is a timelessness about the moral struggles St. Augustine went through on his way to conversion that makes the story of this fourth-century saint speak to people today, says actor-playwright Leonardo Defilippis.

 

Schools find treasure in unneeded items
Kristin Lukowski
Rochester — After Jesus fed the masses with five loaves and two fish, the disciples gathered up the leftovers and found they filled 12 baskets.

 

 

Every parish will be audited every three years in new program
Robert Delaney
Detroit – Every parish and school in the Archdiocese of Detroit will face a financial audit at least once every three years under a new program to begin by the end of 2007.

 

The Michigan Catholic marks 135 years of service
Robert Delaney
Detroit – Had Fr. Gabriel Richard's plans for a Detroit-based Catholic newspaper panned out, the Archdiocese of Detroit's newspaper would be looking forward to celebrating 200 years of operation in 2009, and be the oldest Catholic paper in the United States.

 

The Church has seen many changes since this paper started in 1872
Kristin Lukowski
The Michigan Catholic, the Western Home Journal, published its first edition in 1872, Pope Pius IX was the Church's chief shepherd; the Diocese of Detroit consisted of the entire Lower Peninsula; and there were only 37 states.

 

St. Bernardine of Siena celebrates golden jubilee
Joe Kohn
Detroit — Cindy Lewis recalls leaving early with her seven siblings for Sunday Mass at St. Bernardine of Siena, to make sure their large family grabbed a pew so they could sit together in the crowded church.

 

St. Anne in Ortonville marks 50-year anniversary
Joe Kohn
Ortonville — The Catholic community here has come a long way since a small village mission was started in 1949, and last weekend was a red-letter day in that history as St. Anne Parish celebrated its 50th anniversary.

Plea, restitution spare jail time in embezzlement case
Robert Delaney and Kristin Lukowski
Detroit — A guilty plea and agreement to make restitution will spare the former business manager of St. Mary Magdalen Parish, Hazel Park, the possibility of incarceration.

 

Healthy, active — and 96 years old - What keeps him going strong? 'Work! You just gotta work. Just keep going'
Michelle Samartino
Dearborn Heights - Sam DiCicco is an ordinary guy with some extraordinary traits. 

 

 

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'Time to retire'
Robert Delaney
Cardinal Szoka celebrates his 80th and with no official position in the Vatican plans to spend more time in Detroit.

 

Celebrating catechists — all who further Christ's ministry
Joe Kohn
Detroit — Parishes across the Archdiocese of Detroit this weekend are being encouraged to recognize the efforts of those who have taken on the ministry of catechesis.

 

Senior priests offer vital work for the Church
Robert Delaney
Sterling Heights — Fr. Valentine Gattari may be retired, but he still keeps active in service to the Church. 

 

Bishop Flores to oversee Hispanic ministry
Robert Delaney
Detroit — Cardinal Adam Maida has named Auxiliary Bishop Daniel Flores director of Hispanic ministry in the Archdiocese of Detroit.

 

Blessed Teresa called model for Christians
Robert Delaney
Detroit — Despite challenges she faced in her prayer life, Blessed Teresa of Calcutta is a model for all Christians.

 

Faith Formation Article: Catechetical Sunday - Encountering the Living Christ
Sr. Janet Schaeffler
Are we catechising for Churchianity or Christianity? There is no doubt that we want to pass on the beliefs, traditions and practices of our faith, our Church.

 

School mourns soldier killed in Afghanistan
Joe Kohn
Clarkston — It was three days into the school year and, in front of Everest Academy, 420 children gathered under a sunny sky.

 

Priests remember papal visit when they were seminarians
Joe Kohn
Metro area — It was two decades ago. Msgr. John Kasza and Fr. David Burgard had just entered Sacred Heart Seminary, and already they and their classmates were going to have one of the most memorable experiences of their lives.

 

Cd. Szoka remembers not taking 'no' for an answer
Robert Delaney
Detroit — When Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka, then archbishop of Detroit, found out Detroit had been left off the itinerary of Pope John Paul II's second visit to the United States as pontiff, he wasn't about to just take "no" for an answer.

 

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