August 28, 2009
Team reunion
Robert Delaney
Plymouth - Gerry Ratkewicz believes the teamwork and discipline he learned in Catholic school helped him when his team went all the way to win the 1959 American Legion Baseball World Series.
Incoming education director will bring experience, passion for catechism
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - The archdiocesan Department of Education will have a new face at its helm beginning next month.
Sr. Poore among leaders of new congregation
Robert Delaney
Detroit - The new community of Dominican sisters into which the Oxyford Dominicans merged on Easter Sunday includes a member of the former Oxford congregation on its five-member leadership team.
Speaker to explore morality
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - "Thinking straight in a twisted culture" will be the subject of a presentation at Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish when it hosts a nationally known philosopher for its Dignity of Life speaker series.
We are healed by one who reaches out to us
Fr. Richard C. Macey
Salvation is a new creation, or at least returning creation to its original plan of God.
August 21, 2009 
St. Hugh parishioners process to new parish, St. Frances Cabrini
Robert Delaney
Southgate - More than 150 members of St. Hugh Parish, Southgate, walked to St. Frances Cabrini Church in Allen Park last Sunday, following the closing Mass at St. Hugh Church.
Pallium special filmed with help from the GVTV crew
Marylynn G. Hewitt, SFO
Detroit - "Why do you like cows?" It's probably not a question many reporters would think to ask Archbishop Allen Vigneron the day after he received his pallium.
St. Genevieve celebrates golden anniversary
Robert Delaney
Livonia - Rita Morin, one of St. Genevieve Parish's founding members, said it was a "fantastic" parish in which to raise her six children, following last Sunday's 50th anniversary Mass.
Fr. Kreft remembered for being 'a priest's priest'
Robert Delaney
Detroit - Fr. Henry Kreft is remembered as a kind and gentle priest whom other priests could turn to.
Convocation encourages those discerning a vocation to 'Be Not Afraid
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - Seriously considering a call to the priesthood or religious life can be a scary proposition - and "when one is trying to discern an answer or call, there's a lot of fear involved in that," said Fr. Tim Birney, director of the archdiocesan Office for Priestly Vocations.
Urban gardens offer a blessed harvest
Robert Delaney
Detriot - If the City of Detroit is a "food desert," then the Earthworks Urban Farm must be an oasis in that desert.
We are washed clean in the miracle of God's saving love
Fr. Richard C. Macey
This passage is framed by the reference to the "statutes and decrees," which come from God.
August 21, 2009 
Yes, we do need Catholic schools
Sr. Mary Gehringer
As I write this column, our office is preparing for the Intern Principals' Program.
A ritual of ribbons
Michelle Samartino
Ira Township - Instead of passing the torch, there is a special significance to passing a ribbon between the seventh- and eighth-grade students at Immaculate Conception Elementary School in Ira Township.
Teacher honored for being a technology leader
Kristin Lukowski
Farmington Hills - Updating Web sites, posting blogs and listening to podcasts might seem to be the territory of a computer guru or software developer - or even the average teen. But for Larry Baker, it's just another day in the classroom.
Volunteer calls it a 'privilege' to help out at school
Robert Delaney
Detroit- Patricia Hammer has been volunteering at St. Raphael Elementary School in Garden City for 36 years, and will be returning to the school for her 37th.
Changes in testing strategy led to improved scores for Most Holy Trinity
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - Most Holy Trinity Grade School, in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, could have taken a page out of the Boy Scout handbook when analyzing how to do better at its Iowa tests: "Be Prepared."
40-percent enrollment jump
Jared Field
Dearborn Heights - When Fr. Bob LaCroix came to St. Linus seven years ago, there were no fewer than six parochial schools within in a 2-mile radius of the 53-year-old parish.
Small groups reap success for St. William math program
Kristin Lukowski
Walled Lake - Combine six grades, four math tests, and 25 questions. Divide class sizes by two or three. Add in some special attention and ambition.
Third-graders celebrate Pet Day by bringing pets to school
The Michigan Catholic
Warren - Last year's third-grade students of Joyce Boyle at St. Anne School, celebrated the end of the school year with pet day.
Students learn the value, and fun, of recycling
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - Students at Our Lady of the Lakes Elementary School, Waterford Township, got creative with their trash for a project that celebrated Earth Day.
August 14, 2009 
Local teens go on mission of solidarity
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - For young people who recently returned from a trip to Ecuador, the main purpose of the trip wasn't hiking up a hill, delivering llamas or even helping build a church.
St. Hugh's stained glass will move with parishioners to Cabrini
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - The stained-glass windows at St. Hugh Church, Southgate, tell a story of change. And after the parish closes next weekend, there will be another chapter to that change.
Detroit archdiocese can offer support to foreign-born priests who come here
Robert Delaney
Detroit - The Archdiocese of Detroit wants to help international priests who come here be able to minister more effectively, said Fr. Timothy Babcock, who serves as coordinator for acculturation for the archdiocesan Office of Clergy Life and Ministry.
If we left, where would we go?
Fr. Richard C. Macey
This is from the final chapter of the Book of Joshua. It includes verses from the renewal of the covenant at Shechem, a place about 40 miles north of Jerusalem.
Adult faith formation happens anywhere
Sr. Janet Schaeffler
Most adults live their faith at church 3 percent of their time; the rest of their time they are living it at home, in their neighborhoods, in their workplaces, etc.
August 7, 2009 
Agencies that assist poor unite against proposed state budget cuts
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - The Michigan Catholic Conference is among advocacy groups who said it would be "a moral and legislative failure" not to protect social services when finalizing the state's budget.
Fr. Repsys drowns in a 'heroic' act
The Michigan Catholic
Detroit - Fr. Ricardas Repsys was known for reaching out to Lithuanian immigrants to save their souls. He died after jumping into the water to save the life of his 13-year-old nephew.
First initiation is baptism, continuous initiation is the Eucharist
Fr. Robert Wurm
Most Catholics know that there has been a great renewal in the Catholic Church which involves baptism.
The Lord nourishes us for a new life together
Fr. Richard C. Macey
In several places in the wisdom literature books of the Old Testament, Wisdom attains the status of a companion of God or even another attribute of God Himself.
National liturgists meeting features days for priests, lay ministers
Kristin Lukowski
Detroit - A national meeting to be held in the Archdiocese of Detroit will also offer a day for priests to learn about how changes to the Roman missal will affect prayers during Mass and a workshop day for those in parish ministry.
Young adults spend Saturday afternoons with the homeless
The Michigan Catholic
Detroit - There are myriad opportunities for young adults to fill their Saturday afternoons. But for a few dozen from across the Archdiocese of Detroit, they have been spending the weekend afternoon - no matter the weather - with the homeless.
Christ the Good Shepherd youth group holds overnight prayer-a-thon
Robert Delaney
Detroit - Some teens from Christ the Good Shepherd Parish in Lincoln Park never made it home last Saturday night, but not because they were up to any mischief.
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