Investiture of Richard A. Bierschbach as the 14th President of Wayne State University – Detroit, Michigan
Wayne State University formally installed Richard A. Bierschbach as its 14th president on October 14, 2026. The Board of Governors unanimously elected him on February 26, 2026. The ceremony highlighted Bierschbach’s academic and administrative background, including his service as dean of Wayne Law since 2017, his legal scholarship, and his...
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Cathedral of Saint Andrew – Grand Rapids, Michigan
Cathedral of Saint Andrew has a prominent central bell tower rises high into the sky, topped with an ornate slate spire and crowned by a gleaming, large golden crucifix. The structure is primarily composed of historic cream-colored brick, which is characteristic of many late 19th-century municipal and religious buildings in...
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Saint Mary Catholic Church – Detroit, Michigan
St. Mary's was founded by Father Martin Kundig in 1835 for the German-speaking Catholics in Detroit. This is the third oldest Catholic parish in the city. The cornerstone for the original church was laid on the feast of Corpus Christi, June 19, 1841, and the church was consecrated in honor...
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Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament – Detroit, Michigan
The Most Blessed Sacrament was originally planned as a parish church to serve the people of the Woodward-Boston area. In 1905 the Rev. John Connolly was appointed its first pastor. The first Mass was held in this Shoe factory building on April 6, 1905. In 1913 construction began on a...
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Sweetest Heart of Mary Church – Detroit, Michigan
The interior of the Sweetest Heart of Mary is designed to look like a grand European cathedral, but it holds a fascinating secret: most of its seemingly heavy stone and marble features are an architectural illusion. Because the rebel congregation was funding the build themselves, they used ingenious, cost-effective substitute...
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13th Annual Walk to Mary – De Pere to Champion, Wisconsin (2026)
Oratory at the National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion
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Saint Xavier Cathedral – Green Bay, Wisconsin
Saint Francis Xavier Cathedral, is a landmark Romanesque Revival church located in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The cathedral serves as the mother church and seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. Modeled loosely after the Cathedral of St. Ludwig in Munich, Germany, the building's exterior features prominent red brick...
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Main Street Now and Places of Worship
Mary Means when she started Main Street America had three concerns which guided her - caring for historic downtowns, but also courthouses and churches which were threatened with being lost forever. This morning while at mass at the Solanus Casey Center in Detroit, I was reflecting on our Main Street...
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Holy Family Cathedral – Tulsa, Oklahoma
The Holy Family Cathedral, located at 810 South Boulder Avenue in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, serves as the historic mother church for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa. tHe central stained glass masterpiece featured in this window group portrays Christ's Resurrection, a cornerstone scene within the historic Munich-style Franz Mayer &...
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“Seven Church” Walk – Washington, District of Columbia
On Good Friday in 2026, we retraced the "Seven Church" walk in Washington, DC. The first three we reached by car and found street parking outside. The final four we accessed by scooter. Starting at 1pm we were done by 5pm. St. Stephen the Martyr Distance to next church 0.8...
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Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church – Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania
The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church is located in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania. Situated roughly 40 minutes northwest of Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, this historic church was originally founded and built by Slovak immigrants. The stunning apse backdrop features the same intricate gold cross stenciling against a brilliant...
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St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church – Detroit, Michigan
The mosaic sanctuary wall belongs to St. Aloysius Catholic Church, located at 1234 Washington Boulevard. The sprawling, glittering gold mosaic depicts Jesus Christ as the Good Shepherd carrying a lamb on his shoulders, surrounded by a flock of sheep resting beneath palm trees. The marble structure built below the mosaic...
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Lent 2026
Feb 18, Wed, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica - St. Louis, Missouri Feb 19, Thu, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica - St. Louis, Missouri Feb 20, Fri, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica - St. Louis, Missouri Feb 21, Sat, St. Louis Cathedral Basilica - St. Louis, Missouri Feb 22, Sun, 1st SUNDAY OF...
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Old Cathedral – St. Louis, Missouri
Basilica of Saint Louis, KingOn this location the first church in St. Louis A small wood structure, was blessed on June 24, 1770. Six years later it was replaced by a larger church of white oak timbers blessed and used for divine service for the first time in early summer...
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St. Louis Cathedral Basilica – St. Louis, Missouri
1) NARTHEX. This gathering place is a fine example of Byzantine style art and architecture The lower wall is buff marble to symbolize earth. The mosaic panels above are paved with a series of scenes about the life of Saint Louis IX, King of France (1214-1270), patron saint of the...
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Basilica del Sacra Cuore – Rome, Italy
The Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the Praetorian Barracks (Sacro Cuore di Gesù a Castro Pretorio) is topped by a prominent statue of "Christ The Redeemer" on the bell tower is made of gilded bronze and was added in 1931. The basilica is situated on the Esquiline hill,...
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Forum – Rome, Italy
Temple of Saturn The structure with the prominent remaining columns is the Temple of Saturn, located at the western end of the Roman Forum. The temple was one of the oldest and most important sacred buildings in the Roman Forum. It primarily served as the aerarium, the state treasury, housing...
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Basilica di San Vitale al Quirinale – Rome, Italy
The Basilica of San Vitale (Basilica dei Santi Vitale e Compagni Martiri in Fovea) is a very ancient church located on the Via Nazionale. The ceiling is a modern, flat, coffered ceiling made of varnished wood. It was installed relatively recently in 1938 as part of a significant restoration of...
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Saint Peter’s Basilica – Vatican City
St. Peter's Basilica and St. Peter's Square are located in Vatican City, a microstate enclaved within Rome, Italy. The monumental square was designed by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and constructed between 1656 and 1667. It features a large elliptical space framed by colossal Tuscan colonnades, which consist of 284 columns and...
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Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran – Rome, Italy
The building in the image is the Archbasilica of Saint John Lateran (Arcibasilica di San Giovanni in Laterano), located in Rome, Italy. It holds the title of the cathedral of Rome and is considered the "mother and head of all the Churches of the Urbe and Orbe" (the city of...
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