May Easter joy be your source of hope! Enter all with the joy of our Lord. First and last, rich and poor dance together. (Cf. Sr. John Chrysostom)
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DO YOU LOVE ME. At his March 18 installation as Detroit’s bishop, Archbishop Edward J. Weisenburger challenged us from the Easter scene. Jesus asks Peter: Do you love me? Peter replies with a yes. And if you say you love me, Jesus responds, feed my lambs, my sheep. Archbishop Weisenburger begins his ministry here in Detroit asking us to hear Christ’s question and Christ’s call to love deeply … a call to serve. Click here for Detroit Catholic excellent coverage of Archbishop Weisenburger’s installation.
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Our Sisters in Nigeria respond to Christ’s call to serve in the reality in which they live. Children in five schools, day care centers and religious education programs know they are loved and respected. Your support makes this possible.
The HVM school & convent in Apo resettlement area is almost fully open!
Children of the Home Visitors Day Care and School say: Thank you. The one-room daycare now serves children from 6 months to high school in the new convent/school in Apo. Funds from generous St. James, Novi, parish contributed to lighting. Help for furnishing the classrooms and convent are still being sought.
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Sr. Mercy Ngunan Baaki, HVM, a nurse at St. Joseph Comprehensive Health Center in Korenya, Nigeria, joyfully received a grant from the International Union of Religious Superiors to expand outreach to nearby villages with the clinic’s mobile unit, health education and immunization. The grant will assist in training diverse, gender sensitive staff.
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Sr. Calista, HVM, is chairperson of Arise-Nigerian Conference of Women Religious, Abuja Province. The NCWR, Abuja Province, in collaboration with Arise Foundation in UK decided in the face of human trafficking to take the bull by the horns by organizing skill acquisition training programs for vulnerable women and youths within Abuja Province. Some of these women and youths are internally displaced persons, widows, orphans, and some are from indigent homes. Click her for details and photos > Empowering Vulnerable Women & Youth.
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Pray for the Sisters, Home Visitors of Mary as we prepare for future. Thirty-five Sisters will gather in Gwagwalada in July 2025 to discern directions of the HVM for the next four years and elect leadership, director and four counselors. Our theme is:
For I know the plans I have for you … plans to give you hope and a future (Jer.29:11).
Spirit fill us with a burning love, especially for the poor and those marginalized by society as we go forth with your Good News.
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Home Visitors of Mary Associate Alta Sears entered into glory March 11, 2025. Alta dedicated much to St. Charles Lwanga Parish (St. Cecilia) in Detroit. As her family said so well: She had great compassion and empathy for others. She never met a stranger. She was passionate about her church, family and friends.
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Josephine Woodruff, sister of Home Visitors of Mary Associate Martha Lum, passed to eternal reward on March 28, 2025, at age 91. Loved by her sisters, brother, children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to Sisters Home Visitors of Mary.
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Save the date! HVM Gala Fundraiser for Nigerian Mission will be on Oct. 12, 2025 at St. John Armenian church in Southfield.
Kevin Piecuch, founder and director of South West Immigration and Refugee Center is our honoree. Attorney Kevin Piecuch began his one day free legal clinic at the Michigan Plaza near the Ambassador bridge ten years ago. SWIRC now serves hundreds of people five days a week in three locations-southwest Detroit, eastside Detroit and Pontiac. The free legal clinics serve an array of issues. Learn more about SWIRC at their website: South West Immigrant and Refugee Center. This Jubilee year and our country’s reality reminds us that immigration justice, love of our poor brothers and sisters is a priority.
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He has Risen!
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If you love me … feed my flock.
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