By Mike Stechschulte Catholic News Service DETROIT — For decades during the Great Depression and afterward, Capuchin Franciscan Father Solanus Casey was the “go-to” guy for those who were sick, poor, afflicted or discouraged in their faith. Standing at the doors of St. Bonaventure Monastery on Detroit’s east side, the holy friar would welcome dozens […]
Beloved friar to be beatified Nov. 18
DETROIT — Father Solanus Casey, a Capuchin Franciscan “who would provide soup for the hungry, kind words for the troubled and a healing touch for the ill,” will be beatified Nov. 18, the Capuchin Franciscan Province of St. Joseph in Detroit has announced. The ceremony will take place at Ford Field in Detroit, which the […]