YOU  ARE  INVITED  TO  JOIN  US  AND  ARE  MOST  WELCOME.

We are an ecumenical church which means we welcome ALL persons of faith and good will whatever that faith or denomination may be.

 

At the moment, we are also autocephalous which means we are self-governing and under no denominational authority.  

 

WE ARE TRYING OUR BEST TO BE THE CHURCH WE WANT THE CHURCH TO BE.

 

 

I claim to be an independent Roman Catholic priest because I was ordained by an independent Catholic bishop who has Roman Catholic lines of apostolic succession and Roman Catholicism is my faith of origin and denomination of choice but, with exceptions.  I was born and raised in the Roman Catholic faith and profess it still.  My progressive/liberal views make me unacceptable to the Roman church of the Vatican and its hierarchy.  I have never been a priest of the Vatican's church nor that of the archdiocese of Detroit.  My bishop is and has always been Most Rev. Dr. Robert M. Bowman, COSF.  He is the founder, retired presiding bishop, and current primate of the United Catholic Church.  While he is my personal bishop, he exercises no direct control over this community.

The Holy Spirit has brought you to a community who will accept you as you are.  We are committed not only to living with differences but thriving because of them.  When disagreements arise, and they do, we deal with them in a loving and peaceful manner.

 

As the effects of Vatican II took hold over the next few decades, traditionalists and progressives alike felt dissatisfaction and isolation.  Some felt the church had gone too far, while others felt it had not gone far enough.