'Mass Mob' in Detroit packs historic churches with 2,000 worshippers

Archdiocese of Detroit Facebook Page ^ | July 13, 2014 | Archdiocese of Detroit

[jr48154]

Photo gallery from the city's third 'Mass Mob' this summer. Nearly 2,000 people packed an historic Catholic Church for a regular Sunday Mass. It's the third time it's happened, with the crowds getting bigger each time. (Detroit Free Press had a great article on it here, but won't let folks post excerpts, so you'll have to read the article at the link: http://www.freep.com/article/20140713/NEWS05/307130141/Detroit-Mass-Mob-Sweetest-Heart )

[cripplecreek]

I saw a story about this on the news tonight. I also saw a story about Detroit residents telling Obama to think again if he intends to dump illegals in Detroit.



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[posterchild]

Really? An archdiocese doesn’t have it’s own webpage?

[cripplecreek]

From the FREEP story.

“I never thought I’d see a communion rail again,”

I'm not Catholic but I hadn't realized they didn't use them anymore.

[cripplecreek]

For the Catholic pingees.

[jr48154]

The Archdiocese of Detroit does have its own web page... but the ‘Mass Mob’ isn’t their own event, so the event’s not on their web page. It’s a grassroots thing organized by local Catholics. The archdiocese just posted photos of it in social media/Facebook. The Archbishop of Detroit’s also said some nice things about the ‘Mass Mob’ through social media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEVzLgMa2yY&feature=youtu.be

Frankly, because the Mass Mob was started and organized through Facebook, I think it’s nice that the archdiocese and archbishop are using the same medium to respond to it and pump it up...

[jocon307]

As we say in New York: it couldn’t hurt!

[jocon307]

What’s this “Freep” thingy? I’ve seen it a few times now. It doesn’t have anything to do with here, does it?

[cripplecreek]

Detroit Free Press has used freep for years and years.

[goodtomato]

I received an e-mail about Christians supporting Christians. Had to do with the National Day Of Prayer being canceled this year by -——. Put politics aside and stand with your Christian neighbor. They want 100,000,000 to stand up, then they want 200,000,000 to stand up. Mob your local Church with believers! I like this! Leave a dollar with a note, “Vote for Jesus”, or the one who holds him in their heart.

[Salvation]

[Salvation]

It means a lot of FReepers show up or call the Congressman or whatever.

Freep a poll even.

[MeshugeMikey]

i getting a clear impression that this orchestrated invasion is going to cost the “conductor”.....and his cohorts in congress DEARLY come November.

[Rashputin]

As a Lutheran for 30+ years we always had and used a communion rail and receiving on the tongue. It’s the one thing I miss since having become Catholic and being in between several parishes that no longer have them.

[Spunky]

You’ve been around here since 2000 and you don’t know what freep is. We are called freepers and we freep polls, we freep congress, we feep Washington DC etc; etc;

[FrdmLvr]

I love that church, Sweetest Heart of Mary.

[FrdmLvr]

Haven’t used them since Vatican II. We went to a Latin mass, it was a high mass too so it was about 2 hrs long at St. Joseph near Eastern Market recently and we used the communion rail. Its been since the early or mid 60’s since Vatican II changes.

[vladimir998]

Latin Mass parishes still use communion rails and everyone receives on the tongue.

[longfellowsmuse]

hope....