Mass Mob

St. Albertus

  From a facebook post: Above picture taken by Diane Wilks

 I was able to attend my first Mass Mob on Sunday. This organization chooses one Detroit Catholic church a month to gather people together to offer support.  This month was St. Albertus. The church is located in an area that was the biggest Polish community in Detroit, in fact there are 3 Polish parishes lined up on Canfield. Now,  the neighborhoods are gone. Unfortunately, St. Albertus was closed almost 20 years ago. The parishioners bought the church from the archdiocese of Detroit for $1. They maintain it and have events as well as Mass once a month. Behind the church is the St. Albertus school. I have many exterior shots that I will post at another time.
Three years ago they had a Mass Mob here and 2000 people came and enough money was made to restore the 2 windows that you see on each side of the altar. They said there were 1000 this Sunday.
I will say that the entire event was so well organized and with the Pierogi Festival down the street at Sweetest Heart of Mary..... it was an event filled Sunday.
I feel so lucky to see the inside of this beautiful church and also to be with friends Mary Jo and Barb for this special event.

 This church is huge...4 aisles and holds 2000 people. 

 You can see the peeling paint on the ceiling....much work to be done just to maintain the church....actually the inside is much better then outside.

 Many people that came to this event were once members of the church, went to school here, were married here. I saw some interviews where an older man said that his parents were married at St. Albertus. It makes me so said to see how deteriorated, not only the church is but the neighborhood. Much vacant property and abandoned buildings...I never understand why some things can't stay the same.