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No Kings Day: Saturday, March 28


Across our nation thousands will gather on this day to protest Donald Trump's attempts to act like a king who imposes his own will upon our nation rather than a president who seeks to encurage a flourishing democracy. Below is a list of locations in our area where non-violent peaceful protests will occur. We encourage you to find one near you and come to be a part of this action. Fr. Tom Lumpkin

  • NO KINGS, Downtown Detroit Grand Circus Park, 2026 Woodward, 3-5 PM
  • NO KINGS, Grosse Pointe, Harper Woods & Eastside Detroit Corner of Mack & Cadieux, 11AM-1PM
  • NO KINGS, Ferndale Corner of Nine Mile & Woodward, 12-2 PM
  • NO KINGS, Wyandotte Wyandotte City Hall, 3200 Biddle Ave, 12-2 PM
  • NO KINGS, Oak Park Corner of Ten Mile & Coolidge Hwy., 12-2 PM
  • NO KINGS, Taylor Heritage Park, 1241 Pardee Road, 12-3 PM>
  • NO KINGS, Farmington Hills, Farmington Community Library, 32737 Twelve Mile Road, 1-3 PM
  • NO KINGS, Northville & Livonia Schoolcraft College, 188600 Haggerty Road, Livonia, 11AM- 1PM
  • NO KINGS, Macomb, Hall Road & Schoenherr, Sterling Heights, 11AM-1PM
  • NO KINGS, Rochester & Rochester Hills Corner of Rochester Road & Auburn Road, 11AM-1PM
  • NO KINGS, Troy Gateway Park E. Big Beaver Road, 1PM-3PM
  • NO KINGS Livonia Livonia Civic Center Library, 38777 Five Mile Road, 1-3PM
  • NO KINGS, Canton Canton Township Administration Building, 11AM-2PM
  • NO KINGS, Novi All four corners of Grand River & Novi Road

Women's Participation in the Catholic Church

Ellie Hidalgo
Our Lady of Fatima Church, Oak Park, MI

Ellie Hidalgo

Ellie Hildago presenst her reflections on Paragraph 60: Women’s Participation in the Church. Paragraph 60 is part of the final document produced by the recently concluded worldwide Synod on Synodality that involved thousands of Catholics from every spectrum of Church life. This paragraph summarizes the Church’s present understanding and practices on the role of women in today’s Church. Ellie Hidalgo is co-director of Discerning Deacons, aa project that engages Catholics in active discernment on the place of women in the ordained diaconate. She previously spoke at an Elephants’ forum on “Restoring Catholic Women to the Permanent Diaconate.” We are fortunate that she will be able to fit us into her busy schedule once again.

Last Updated March 12, 2026