The  first Camp Ozanam Enrollment Gathering held at St. Clare for families living in the Detroit East District of SVdP was a HUGE success! We were able to enroll 79 children in the camp program. Vincentians from St. Clare, St. Matthew, and St. Ambrose were on hand to interview the children, help parents fill out camp applications, and assist our volunteer doctors with 79 camp physicals.   Along with the their camp tote bag, the children also...

Last week, I mentioned the Golden Jubilee of Sr. Kathy Wood, OP, a native of St. Clare parish. We will celebrate her anniversary next Saturday at the 4 pm Mass, but June is also full of other jubilees and anniversaries! We congratulate the Arsenault and McMillan families for their 50th anniversary that they celebrated last Sunday. On Tuesday, I had the privilege to participate in the 60th anniversary of priestly ordination of Cardinal Maida and the 50th  anniversary of ordination of Bishop Reiss. On Saturday Fr. Tom and I traveled to London, Ontario to rejoice in the 25th anniversary of priestly ordination of the Michaelite Bishop Joe Dabrowski. We congratulate the principal of our school Mr. Fisher on his 6th wedding anniversary. It is great to celebrate these milestones and give thanks to God for those who serve the Lord in the vocations of marriage and ordained life.  

Summer Camp continues to be the focus of our conference activity this month.  St. Clare is hosting the Camp Enrollment Gathering for the Detroit East District this weekend—June 11.  But it is still not too late to sign up deserving kids for camp.  The first session starts on Tuesday, July 5, and then  more sessions begin on the next  4 consecutive Mondays, with camp ending on August 6.  There is no cost for families to send their children, ages 8-12 for Traditional Camp and ages 13-14 for Adventure Camp.  A week...

The next time you are at church, take time to walk around and look at the dozens of gleaming brass plaques. They are inscribed with the names of former and present parishioners who are responsible for buying many of the church’s treasures.