continue at CNADetroit, Mich., Dec 31, 2018 / 05:01 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Many homeless people of Detroit already recognize Father Marko Djonovic’s white Ford Excursion.
When Djonovic rolls up with his friend Marcus Cobb, it’s probably because they’ve got a job to offer, in exchange for lunch and some pay.
“Word is getting out on the street about us,” Djonovic said of his new ministry, which he dubbed Better Way Detroit.
“So when they see the white Ford Excursion they come up to us, asking, are you going to pick us up for work?” he told CNA.
Djonovic and Cobb are the two-man crew behind Better Way Detroit, and since May they have been teaming up with the city of Detroit and willing homeless workers to clean up the city’s parks, overgrown alleys, and vacant lots.
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How a priest and teams of homeless people are transforming Detroit
Venerable Solanus Casey, patron saint of baseball, ora pro nobis!
Solanus Casey was born in the La Crosse Diocese and attended seminary in Milwaukee.
He was a huge Detroit Tigers fan.
Eighty-five-year-old Brother Leo recalled that Fr. Solanus had “a great sense of humor. He would tell little jokes—often on himself. The friars would kid him a lot, too. He loved hot dogs smothered with onions and he loved baseball. Even when away from Michigan he would keep tabs on the Detroit Tigers. It was his simple and down-to-earth manner that made it easy for people to relate to him. No one seemed intimidated by him.”There are photos somewhere that I have seen with him in full habit playing catcher at his friary. (if you have seen them, let me know!)
A truly American Saint!
solanuscenter.org
Detroiturbex.com <- a MUST see
What's the point of this site?
To raise awareness of the social and economic challenges the city of Detroit faces through photography.
St. Agnes Church closed in 2006 and has been vacant since. While relatively intact when we first visited in 2009, water damage and vandalism have irreparably damaged this once fine building. [first photo 2006, second photo 2009]
An Allegory of Sin
It is amazing. It's a shame that he had to stop... apparently he would publish his findings and then within days, vandals and scavengers would loot his findings.HT AS
I started with the churches and then moved to everything else. His Facebook page has some good stuff too.
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