Meet Father John Whitlock, new director of vocations for the Diocese of Lansing
Father John Whitlock grew up in St. Johns, and is a graduate of Grand Valley State University.
Special Report
Michigan Catholic Conference supports petition to end dismemberment abortion
A citizen’s initiative petition drive to prohibit the dismemberment abortion pro...
Michigan Catholic Conference Supports End Dismemberment Abortion Petition Drive
A citizen’s initiative petition drive to prohibit the dismemberment abortion procedure in Michigan has now begun.
U.S. Bishops increase accountability measures
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) held its 2019 Spring Ge...
USCCB releases 2018 Annual Report on the Protection of Children and Young People
At the end of May, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Secretariat of Child...
An update on Catholic Charities and the State of Michigan
As we reported in our last issue, the State of Michigan recently entered a settlement agreement with the ACLU regarding same-sex adoption.
Deacon ordination 2019
Deacon Eric Elstro
Deacon Eric and his wife, Mary Beth, have been blessed wit...
Faith-based Adoption Services Under Pressure
Catholic Charities agencies have long provided adoption and foster care services...
Special Report: Christus Vivit
On April 2, 2019, Pope Francis’ latest apostolic exhortation was published. As a...
Diocesan assembly still bearing fruit with upcoming EWTN program
A term such as “never before” does not deter Craig Pohl, diocesan director of new evangelization, in being a visionary. Case in point: the diocesan-wide Made for Happiness Assembly held last fall.
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December 2018
Father Fred Thelen, pastor Cristo Rey
In my 25 years at Cristo Rey, this year...
They should be “Strangers No Longer”. A call to be neighbors-helping-neighbors
The American Immigration Council http://www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/, tal...
Special report on Vatican Summit: The Protection of Minors in the Church
In a summit that began with listening to the survivors of sexual abuse by clergy...
Black history in the Diocese of Lansing
In Flint, Father Norman DuKette Council #90 was established in 1942 by lay members of Christ the King parish, and the Ladies Auxiliary Father DuKette Court #90 was founded a year later in 1943.
Fall Meeting of U.S. Bishops
November meeting held in Baltimore to discuss issues
Human Trafficking in Michigan
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, “Human trafficking is a for...
Statement from Bishop Boyea on the accountability of bishops
ON NOV. 12-14, I attended the meeting of the United States Conference of Catholi...
Clergy Sex Abuse Scandal
U.S. BISHOPS MEET ON CLERGY SEXUAL ABUSE SCANDAL AT FALL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Th...
V National Encuentro of Hispanic/Latino Ministry
More than 3,000 Hispanic delegates from Catholic dioceses around the United Stat...
Synod on young people concludes in Rome
Pope Francis tells participants to "Listen. Be a Neighbor. Bear Witness."
Catholics and Voting
ON TUESDAY, NOV. 6, citizens registered to vote in Michigan will participate in ...
Young People And The Church
DURING OCTOBER, A SYNOD OF BISHOPS dedicated to “Young People, the Faith and Voc...
Canonization of Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Oscar Romero
The canonization of both Pope Paul VI and Archbishop Oscar Romero, along with fo...
Special Report: 50th anniversary of Humanae Vitae
July 2018 marks the 50th anniversary of Blessed Pope Paul VI's encyclical, Humanae Vitae.
Planning tomorrow’s churches
In 2008, a diocesan coordinating commission appointed by Bishop Carl Mengeling e...