Guided by their patroness, Our Lady of Victory, Martin and Houghton said the apostolate’s initial focus will be on helping Catholics in southeast Michigan, bu.
Archdiocese of Detroit moves to reorganize Catholic parishes
District plans to form 51 new families of parishes in 2021
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DETROIT – The Archdiocese of Detroit has announced plans to form 51 new families of parishes in an effort to better serve worshippers.
Though taking place amid a global health crisis that has affected churchgoers all year, officials say the move is about more than the coronavirus pandemic. The idea to form 51 families of parishes was conceived years ago amid a priest shortage, and is designed to help the diocese become more missionary.
“We had a synod back in 2016 and we firmly believe we’ve been called by the Holy Spirit to go out and bring the good news and bring more people to Jesus Christ,” said Deacon Mike Houghton, Director of Missionary Strategic plans for the Archdiocese of Detroit. “But along the way we had some problems with a priest shortage and this pandemic that have caused us to re-evaluate the structure for which we do it.”
Archdiocese of Detroit announces restructuring plan for area churches
The Archdiocese of Detroit announced Tuesday it is reorganizing 216 parishes into a different groupings of families.
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DETROIT (WXYZ) â Catholics are facing change. Wednesday the Archdiocese of Detroit announced it is restructuring its churches, grouping its 216 parishes into 51 families of churches.
The goal is to address a shortage of priests and the economic pressures of the pandemic.
âWe had been talking in the past about what we needed to do to address the priest shortage but thought we could keep going for a while, then the pandemic happened and it was time to move now, said Deacon Mike Houghton, Director of Missionary Strategic Plans at the Archdiocese of Detroit. We like to look at it like Saint Paul, who was shipwrecked three times, who each time said this isnât where I wanted to be, but I will go from here and make it work.â