Last Sunday, Archbishop Weisenburger presided over confirmations with young people at St. Joseph Parish in South Lyon, conferring the sacrament and reminding students of God's great gift of holiness and grace. Come, Holy Spirit!

Archbishop Weisenburger was in Rome the week of Nov. 1-6 for a very quick trip to meet with various departments in the Vatican. He was accompanied by Fr. Mario Amore, and reported that meetings went great. While in Rome, Archbishop Weisenburger and Fr. Amore met with Detroit priests currently living or studying in the Eternal City, including Fr. David Pellican and Msgr. Robert Sable.

On Friday, Oct. 31, Archbishop Weisenburger helped seminarians at Sacred Heart Major Seminary distribute Halloween candy to hundreds of joy-filled families and kids in the neighborhood. Seminarians collected 229 tubs filled with 50 pounds of candy each — largely donated by Catholic parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Detroit. “This is one of the greatest things the seminary does for the neighborhood every year,” the archbishop said. “Children line up an hour before we open and are lined up around the block.”

On Monday, Oct. 27, Archbishop Weisenburger blessed the newly rededicated Cabrini Clinic on the campus of Most Holy Trinity Parish in Corktown. The Cabrini Clinic was founded 75 years ago by Most Holy Trinity pastor Msgr. Clement Kern to provide free medical care to the poor and vulnerable in time before Medicare or Medicaid was established. Today, with administrative assistance from Catholic Charities of Southeast Michigan, and under the leadership of its new director, Elisa Martinez-Alvarez, the Cabrini Clinic provides free medical and dental care to the area’s uninsured and underinsured, as well as the homeless and immigrant communities.

On Monday, Oct. 27, Archbishop Weisenburger visited with teachers and students at Most Holy Trinity School in Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, dropping by to offer words of encouragement the same day he blessed the nearby Cabrini Clinic. In each of the classrooms he visited, Archbishop Weisenburger took a few moments to chat with students, answer questions and take pictures with students and teachers.