The last day in Michigan Jan.4th, 2019
We came to Detroit. There are quite a few historic Catholic Churches.
I shot one of those churches. The repair equipment looks like a cross.
"I haven't yet shown you a church that operates soup kitchens in Detroit." Collie said something which means like that. He hasn't visited the place neither.
Whole activity is here: Capuchin Franciscan Province of St.Joseph
St.Bonaventure Monastery. Our valuable time to visit a place we are both interested in together.
"What a marvelously different society we'd have if we'd all keep in mind Jesus' assurance:
"What you did to the least of my brethren you did for me." "
A mid-point between Montana and New York was needed for the missionary work of Capuchin Franciscan Province of St.Joseph.
Detroit was chosen.
Father Bonaventure purchased a piece of land along the Detroit River in 1883. St.Bonaventure Monastery started slowly with a small group of eight Capuchins.
One of the Capuchins, calm and gentle Father Solanus believed,
Every prayer is answered in God's own way.
Solanus wrote "a plan for holiness" as he needed to purify his heart to prepare for lifelong service to God.
One of them is - "Ask, and it shall be given to you."
Barney heard Mary say, "Go to Detroit." in Milwaukee. He believed that Blessed Mother was telling him to join the Capuchins in Detroit, and he wanted to obey.
When he arrived at the doors of St.Bonaventure's on the snowy Christmas Eve of 1896, he fell fast asleep, feeling fatigue, the intense cold, and concerned that he might have a terrible mistake.
He was awakened early by the chants of the priest and brothers as they began their Christmas celebration.
At once, he felt a peace; he was certain that this was where he belonged.
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Solanus is buried in St.Bonaventure's Monastery Church in Detroit.
In 1995, Pope John Paul II bestowed on him the title of "Venerable", one step before sainthood.
In honor of great experience and
with respect for the deceased whose life was dedicated to God,
Rose
