Archdiocese of Detroit on FIRE

 


Today I attended a much needed conference in the Archdiocese of Detroit centered around making disciples of our Catholic School Students! I was moved by the Keynote address by Fr. Mike Schmitz and the homily by our New Archbishop!

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