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Some of Detroit's and Hamtramck's once-thriving Catholic parishes sit near-empty and some are on the Archdiocese’s chopping block.
But one Sunday a month, a movement called the "Detroit Mass Mob" gathers over a thousand Metro Detroiters to worship at a forgotten church in Detroit or Hamtramck, reports Nicholas G. Hahn III of The Detroit News.
Anthony Battaglia, a co-founder of the movement tells the News it's not about saving the churches from closure, but rather: "We just want to get people in the pews."
“What a wonderful idea to visit these historic churches,” Archbishop Allen Vigneron’ said in a special video greeting, “to experience their beauty as a way to be renewed in your faith.”
The visits also help the collection cup.
Battaglia tells The News that more than $300,000 has been raised at 24 parishes in Detroit and Hamtramck since April 2014.
