Weekly Reflections

DETROIT — When Fr. Anthony Kote-Witah, OFM Cap., first walked into the Solanus Casey Center, he knew it was where God was calling him. The Nigerian native and human rights…

FROM VATICAN NEWS “Christian prayer does not close its eyes on life,” said Pope Francis. “It is a filial prayer, not an infantile one.” The Holy Father made those remarks…

One Sunday, a priest began preaching on the topic of love. But then, with great suddenness, he stopped, raised his arm, pointed, and exclaimed: Now there is love! And with all…

One of my seminary professors began each class by reading verses 9-13 from St. John’s Gospel: The true light that enlightens every man was coming into the world. He was…

DETROIT — In 2014, the Archdiocese of Detroit began a year of intense prayer for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Church in southeast Michigan. At the prompting…

If you were in a public square surrounded by many individuals, imagine being asked this question by a friend of Jesus: “Right now, would you walk to the focal point of…

DETROIT — Mourning with Catholics worldwide the horrendous bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday that killed nearly 300 people and wounded more than 400 more, the Archdiocese of Detroit…

On Wednesday, July 31, 1957, meteorological records indicate that Detroit’s weather was hot and sunny. With temperatures reaching 86 degrees and winds blowing out of the north at 7 miles…