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Username: 65memories
Post Number: 644
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:14 pm: |    |
Sacred Heart Catholic Church, i-75 and Mack near Eastern Market. Fr. Norman Thomas. The most diverse Catholic church in the Archdiocese. |
Trstar
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Username: Trstar
Post Number: 32
Registered: 05-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:20 pm: | |
St. Cecilia, but I'm biased. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 5483
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:22 pm: | |
So many good ones...yet they struggle. Start attending Mass at these churches, Magic, and tell your friends. The city churches need the continued support of their parish families that left for suburban parishes.
1) St. Joseph is one of my favorite places on earth (and pretty much heaven-like when they do orchestral masses). http://saint-joseph-detroit.or g/
2) Assumption Grotto is a beautiful place and great parish. Great pastoral team there.
-St. Mary Greektown, St. Anne de Detroit, the Cathedral, Sweetest Heart of Mary, and St. Josaphat are all landmarks and good parishes.
-I'd like to visit the surviving eastside polish churches of St. Hyacinth and St. Elizabeth next time I'm home. Who knows how long they'll survive. Sacred Heart and St. Charles Borromeo, too. |
Scooter2k7
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Post Number: 163
Registered: 10-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 10:57 pm: | |
My dad grew up in the Vernor-Junction area in SW Detroit. My grandmother kept the house on Ferninand up until the late 80s. We used to go to Holy Reedemeer all the time for mass. It was always my grandmother's dream to send us to Holy Reedeemer, but my mom had her block torched during the riots and hence developed a quick fear of Detroit. They picked right up and headed to Sterling Heights. So we stayed in the burbs. |
Magic_mushroom
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Username: Magic_mushroom
Post Number: 40
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:40 pm: | |
Thank you all for the great suggestions! Thankfully there are still many to choose from, but that number sure has dwindled over the years. I will likely be staying in the heart of downtown and will be driving to church, as I will be headed back to Indiana soon after mass.
I'll be sure to tell people to support these magnificent places Mackinaw, as they really are a testament to the opulent architecture that our country was once saturated with. |
Ronaldj
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Post Number: 60
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 19, 2008 - 11:48 pm: | |
St Francis of Assisi, Wesson and Buchanan. |
Eastsidedame
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Post Number: 659
Registered: 12-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, November 20, 2008 - 1:37 am: | |
Thanks, Magic. Enjoy Detroit! |
Kryptonite
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Post Number: 3
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 12:39 pm: | |
Sweetest Heart of Mary has 4:00 Saturday and 10:30 Sunday, which means you could go a few blocks west on Canfield afterwards on Sunday and see St. Josaphat during their noon mass. Sweetest Heart is IMO the prettiest church I have ever been in, including many of the European churches I have visited. |
Sludgedaddy
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Post Number: 224
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:32 pm: | |
St.Pedophilia |
Jleurck
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Post Number: 9
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
Magic....let us know where you went and what you thought. I wish Bishop Gumbleton was still the pastor at Saint Leo on Grand River. I'd be very interested in hearing one of his homilies, and that was the church my grandparents were married at in the 1920's. |
Mwilbert
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Username: Mwilbert
Post Number: 449
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:08 pm: | |
As mentioned, St. Aloysius is probably the most unusual one I can think of, and it is very convenient to downtown, being downtown. |
Jonesy
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Post Number: 608
Registered: 07-2005
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 10:18 pm: | |
Sacred Heart in the Eastern Market. Rev. Norman Thomas is the best I've heard in Detroit. |
Dtowncitylover
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Post Number: 404
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 - 11:37 pm: | |
Sludgedaddy, though I'm pretty relaxed about my faith (like loving the Simpsons episode where Bart and Homer become Catholic and singing Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer), that offends me greatly. |
Dbc
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Post Number: 178
Registered: 09-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 12:42 pm: | |
Sweetest Heart of Mary with St. Hyacinth a close second. Those Poletown churches are truly beautiful.
(Message edited by DBC on November 22, 2008) |
Fnemecek
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Post Number: 2959
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 2:02 pm: | |
quote:St. Pedophilia
Yes, the Catholic Church was way too slow in responding cases of abuse.
Yes, they haven't done as much as they should have.
But that comment still puts the ass in smart ass. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 5487
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 3:08 pm: | |
I recommend a suspension from this forum for "Sludgedaddy's" comment. |
Sludgedaddy
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Post Number: 229
Registered: 01-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:00 pm: | |
Mackinaw....I make no apologies for my lame attempts at sick humor. I honor your right to your own opinion. But, being irreverent takes it's place alongside a pie in the face or a kick to the groin, as far as I'm concerned.
I honor Free Speech more than any religion or government and their attempt to censor it. It is the most fanatical that have no sense of humor. The Nazis, the Taliban, fundalmentalist Christians, holier than thou Catholics, and of course, that "righteous" Rev. Phelps.
Any attempt at censorship brings to mind those glory days of the Spanish Inquisition, book burnings and bannings, Krystal Nacht, and to quote Bill Kennedy the throwing of another "faggot on the fire". There once was a long haired Jewish guy that once said "Judge not, lest Thou be Judged".
To quote another line, this time from my favorite musical ensemble--The Fugs...
"Do not place on my body the sign of a Fetish....Cross, Crescent, Phallus or Sun."
....and a suspension...don't worry, Mackinaw, I've already been excommunicated by the Pope for eating a sack of White Castles after a night out at the Grande on Friday before the meatless ban was lifted.
....and by the way Mackinaw.....Kiss my Ring! |
Saintme
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Post Number: 278
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:08 pm: | |
"I make no apologies for my lame attempts at sick humor."
Hey, I laughed. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 5492
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 6:32 pm: | |
Congrats, you've exercised your absolute right to free speech. You came into a thread where some of the forum's Catholics were sharing info about Detroit's churches and you uttered two words that, if not offensive to everyone, were simply uncalled for.
Be proud of yourself. You're a great American! |
Dtowncitylover
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Post Number: 406
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7:02 pm: | |
Sludgedaddy, I don't think you should be suspended, I just wanted to tell you how offensive and divisive your comments were. And I too have eaten a pepperoni pizza during Lent! I'm used to though, getting remarks like that from people. |
Rjk
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Post Number: 1312
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 7:11 pm: | |
People, the worst place to go if you don't want to be offended is the internet. Let it go. |
Saintme
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Username: Saintme
Post Number: 279
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 9:58 pm: | |
Chill out . . . If you're offended by a comment, ignore it! A lot of opinions on this forum are offensive . . . that's why I "ignore" the "Non-Detroit" issues threads.
On that note, my favorite Detroit church is St. Aloysius, because of it's layout is so different than the traditional cross-shaped churches of it's time. |
Bike4beer
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Post Number: 48
Registered: 09-2008
| | Posted on Saturday, November 22, 2008 - 11:16 pm: | |
Went to mass at St. Anne today at 5 to watch an Aunt and Uncle celebrate 50yrs of marriage. The mass was held in the small chapel in the back of church to save on heating costs. The doors for the main part of the church were locked unfortunately. Not sure if Sunday mass is held in the small chapel or not. |
Kryptonite
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Post Number: 9
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 8:56 am: | |
Hey, do you all know that some of these old Detroit churches are paying $8,000 - $12,000 per MONTH for heat? At least that's what I hear from two sources, one a priest. So, please attend the historic churches often and contribute generously if you are so inclined, help save some of Detroit's best architecture and culture! |
Catjack7
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Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 9:08 am: | |
My favorite is Sweetest Heart of Mary. |
Kryptonite
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 12:29 pm: | |
Mackinaw, St. Hyacinth is definitely worth a visit. A friend of mine still goes there quite a bit and I have gone there with her. It's a very beautiful place.
Sweetest Heart lovers - check it out in January. they put their Christmas decorations up the week of Christmas and they leave them up until the first Sunday in February. They said that is the Polish tradition. Anyway, Sweetest Heart is even more beautiful with all the decorations in January. And on Fridays in Lent Sweetest Heart has a decent fish fry in the church hall. |
Daddeeo
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Post Number: 314
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| | Posted on Sunday, November 23, 2008 - 1:15 pm: | |
Both beautiful churches in the traditional sense. You definitely get a sense of awe when you go into those churches.
Each Holy Thrusday there is a tour of Polish churches. Those are two of the churches. |
Jleurck
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Post Number: 10
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:19 pm: | |
So Magic_mushroom, where did you end up going to Mass, and how was your experience? |
Ct_alum
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Post Number: 29
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 10:32 pm: | |
Sludgedaddy: You go, boy! I thought that it was funny! To all who were "offended": Truth hurts, doesn't it? Bet you wouldn't be so righteous if one of your children was abused by one of those monsters hiding behind the cloth. The real tragedy is not that those people were priests, it was the fact that the Church did nothing about them once they were found out other than transfer them to an unsuspecting parish where they could do it all over again - That, my friends, is criminal. |
Dtowncitylover
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Post Number: 407
Registered: 02-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:03 pm: | |
Yes, the truth does hurt, but why bring it up? We were talking about churches not priests or the Catholic Church in general.
"Offended"- what the hell does that mean? I was offended, not "offended". No one was trying to be righteous, it's a very sensitive topic within the Church, just like the Holocaust for Jews and the Crusades for Muslims. No one would ask, what synagogue should I go to in Detroit and one dare respond "Temple Beth Hitler"!!! |
Ravine
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Post Number: 2922
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| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:37 pm: | |
Not Detroit, but close:
Sacred Heart, a Catholic church in Roseville at Gratiot & Utica, may not be open anymore; I don't know. That was a beautiful place. Lots of long, gorgeous stained-glass windows, and a crucifix, carved from wood, which was rather large, although maybe not as enormous as I remember it to have been.
Midnight Mass, on Christmas Eve, with the pipe organ, the choir, the frankincense... pretty special. |
Jleurck
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Post Number: 11
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:52 pm: | |
Just to get back to the original intent of the thread, the original post in this thread went something like this:
"...Hello everyone. I will be staying in Detroit this weekend and plan to attend mass Sunday. As I have seen in this forum, Detroit has many great old Catholic churches around. Anyone have some suggestions for a church that is a must see in Detroit proper? Thanks ahead!..."
Ct_alum, If you want to start a separate thread entitled something like "An Indictment of Catholicism", that would be a GREAT place to voice your obvious frustrations (say in the "Non-Detroit" section). I'm not trying to discount your feelings or denigrate your experience – these things unfortunately did happen (though this was NOT the experience of the great majority of Catholics parishes). But really, this guy was just asking about old architectural gems and trying to find an interesting place to take in Mass.
So Magic, where did you end up going? |
Neilr
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Post Number: 834
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| | Posted on Monday, November 24, 2008 - 11:52 pm: | |
I can't say that it's my favorite and it's not actually a stand-alone church; but the chapel at Sacred Heart Seminary, on the corner of Chicago Blvd. and Linwood is a real jewelbox. It's in an Elizabethan style with beautiful stained glass and complimentarily colored pewabic tile. If you visit, I don't believe that you'll be disappointed. |
Diane12163
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Post Number: 473
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 12:37 am: | |
My family belonged to St. Jude Parish from 1945 until 1988 after my father passed away. My 5 sisters and I all attended school at St. Jude's. So, my vote goes to St. Jude's Church. |
Lizaanne
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Post Number: 126
Registered: 06-2007
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008 - 9:42 am: | |
Assumption Grotto - it's what Mass is surely like in heaven. Father Perrone is a wonderful and holy man, as well as the other priests in the parish. We drive out of our way to go there. |
Bobl
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Post Number: 251
Registered: 07-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 6:37 am: | |
Sludgedaddy:
Enjoyed your post. "Woke up this morning with my baby in my hand..."
I, too, remember the Fugs. Ate some White Castles after the Grande on many occasions. Bad experience with a priest. Knuckles mashed by a nun or two...
But Catholic churches are some of the most beautiful buildings in Detroit, and I see no harm in appreciating them, or using them. They offer relief to some without the nastiness of drugs!
I prefer live music with a good beer, though. |
Bobl
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Post Number: 252
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| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 6:41 am: | |
Oh. I forgot: St Albertus is beautiful, but suffering neglect and vandalism. I think it is being used in a very limited and tenuous way.
(Message edited by Bobl on December 11, 2008) |
Kryptonite
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Post Number: 30
Registered: 11-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 8:45 am: | |
St. Albertus is still in use. They have a web site: http://www.stalbertus.org/
I have been there several times. They not only have masses each month but a few other events throughout the year. It is an all-volunteer organization. That I know of they receive no support from the archdiocese and are working to keep the church open as a Polish cultural site. It is a beautiful place to visit. Mass is in Polish which I don't understand but it is enjoyable. |
Boo_girl
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Post Number: 12
Registered: 08-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 2:40 pm: | |
I agree St. Albertus is an amazing church to see, visit and attend a mass. It is one of the oldest churches in the city. They still have midnight mass on Christmas eve there. There is a group of musicians that host a festival every year in September to raise funds for the upkeep of this historical site. |
Tsomyak
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Post Number: 18
Registered: 04-2008
| | Posted on Thursday, December 11, 2008 - 2:44 pm: | |
I'll second the nomination for St Jude! |
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