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A timeline of Cardinal Maida's service to the archdiocese
by The Michigan Catholic
Published January 30, 2009
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Douglas Susalla | The Michigan Catholic
Cardinal Edmund C. Szoka passes on the crozier, a symbol of authority, to Archbishop Adam Maida at the installation Mass, June 12, 1990. |
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Douglas Susalla | The Michigan Catholic
While not part of the official record, it's worthy to note that Cardinal Adam Maida threw out the first pitch at Tiger Stadium, June 14, 1990. The Tigers beat the Angels 2-1. | Here's a look at the highlights of Cardinal Adam Maida's service to the Archdiocese of Detroit.
1990
May 7 - Bishop Adam Joseph Maida of Green Bay, Wis., is named archbishop of Detroit by His Holiness John Paul II. Archbishop Maida is installed in Detroit on June 12, 1990.
August - Archbishop Maida reorganizes the archdiocesan curia, reducing the staff and streamlining leadership into five major departments.
October - As a guest speaker at the Detroit Economic Club, Archbishop Maida describes his vision of an interdenominational educational program. A coalition of Roman Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian and Lutheran leaders develop the Cornerstone Schools, which open in August 1991 with three Detroit campuses.
1991
October - Archbishop Maida and Bishop J. Philip Wahl of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Southeast Michigan Synod, sign an historic Roman Catholic-Lutheran Covenant, citing areas of common belief and pledging to work toward greater unity.
October 1 - Archbishop Maida issues pastoral letter on growing to full maturity in Christ titled "One in Faith and Knowledge."
1992
January - Archbishop Maida endorses a Hispanic Pastoral Plan and offers archdiocesan support to pastoral efforts in Hispanic communities.
February - In a pastoral letter to the people of the Archdiocese of Detroit, titled "The Lord and Giver of Life," Archbishop Maida addresses the right to life of the unborn, the issue of assisted suicide and explains the Church's teaching on caring for the terminally ill.
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Douglas Susalla | The Michigan Catholic
Cardinal Szoka drew some chuckles when he paused to double check the wording of the papal decree before signing it during the Vespers service June 11, 1990. |
February - Archbishop Maida issues "Dress Their Wounds," a pastoral statement on HIV/AIDS.
April - Archbishop Maida writes another pastoral letter, titled "Dying, You Destroyed Our Death" on the subjects of death and human suffering.
May - In his role as spiritual leader and teacher, Archbishop Maida publishes an open letter on the "terrible festering wound of racism" in a full-page ad in Detroit's two daily newspapers calling for a personal conversion and renewal.
Summer - Archbishop Maida reorganizes the archdiocese's Presbyteral Council to open better lines of communication with his brother priests.
October - In a pastoral letter on youth ministry, Archbishop Maida issues "A Call to Pilgrimage to the Youth and Young Adults," challenging young people in the Archdiocese of Detroit to join with him to meet the pope in Denver, Colo., in August 1993, during the international World Youth Day celebration.
November - Archbishop Maida agrees to participate in a monthly meet-the-press-type cable television program called "Dialogue." The archbishop fields questions from Detroit-area reporters/journalists during this open-forum, half-hour show airing on the Catholic Television Network of Detroit (CTND) cable channel.
December - A mission statement is adopted by the Religious Leaders Forum, an ecumenical-interfaith group, founded by Archbishop Maida, Rabbi Irwin Groner and Episcopal Bishop R. Stewart Wood. The forum provides Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders the opportunity to dialogue on shared concerns.
1993
February - In partnership with the Jesuits, Archbishop Maida announces the establishment of Loyola Academy in Detroit, a Catholic high school for at-risk boys in the urban community.
August - Two thousand youth and young adults from the Archdiocese of Detroit join Archbishop Maida on a pilgrimage to Denver for World Youth Day 1993 activities and celebrations.
September - Archbishop Maida testifies before the Michigan Commission on Death and Dying in support of the state's ban on assisted suicide.
October - In honor of October's designation as Respect Life Month, Archbishop Maida issues the pastoral letter "On Sharing God's Presence" on living and ministering with persons with disabilities.
November - On behalf of the Michigan Catholic Conference, Archbishop Maida publishes a statement on euthanasia in a full-page ad in Detroit's two major daily papers warning of the consequences of legalizing assisted suicide.
1994
January - Archbishop Maida dedicates the St. Aloysius Community Center. Directly across from his office in the Chancery on Washington Boulevard, the center will provide direct services to the poor, the elderly and the needy in downtown Detroit.
January - Archbishop Maida ordains Fr. Kevin Britt and Fr. Bernard Harrington as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
February - Archbishop Maida announces the establishment of an endowment foundation for the Archdiocese of Detroit. Stewards for Tomorrow — one of the largest endowment campaigns of its type in the United States — will raise $100 million to fund Catholic education, care for retired priests, provide for social service programs, and assist individual parish needs.
February - In conjunction with Stewards for Tomorrow, Archbishop Maida also announces a $1 million tuition assistance program for Catholic parents with demonstrated financial need who want to send their children to Catholic schools in the six counties of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
March - At an annual St. Patrick's Day Mass, Archbishop Maida announces that the former St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth Township will become the St. John Center for Youth and Family. Opening in the spring of 1995, St. John Center will provide a facility for retreats and conferences for the archdiocese's youth, couples, families and support groups.
April - Citing a need for a strong and unified pastoral response to the issue of assisted suicide, Archbishop Maida announces the Live for Life campaign. The seven-month multi-media educational program is aimed at Catholics of all ages and focuses on the complex issues surrounding the defense of life. The effort culminates with an archdiocesan-wide Mass of Anointing in October 1994.
August - The text of a letter on health care reform sent by Archbishop Maida to Michigan's U.S. Senators and Congressional Representatives is published in a full-page ad in The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. In the letter, the archbishop urges members of Congress to vote "Yes" to affordable health care for all and "No" to abortion as a mandated health-care benefit.
November - Five hundred people travel to Rome along with Archbishop Maida as he is elevated to the College of Cardinals by His Holiness Pope John Paul II at a Vatican Consistory.
December - In an address to religious, civic and business leaders, Cardinal Maida shares his vision of developing an ecumenical-civic-volunteer program that will encourage participants to share resources, knowledge, and individual gifts and talents to those in need.
1995
February - Cardinal Maida announces the Stewards for Tomorrow campaign exceeds its $100 million goal. Eighty percent is earmarked for the endowment foundation to help fund Catholic education, social service programs and retired priests. The remaining 20 percent is returned to the parishes to address individual needs.
March - In a statement calling for principled welfare reform, Cardinal Maida urges state and national policy makers to advance — and not abandon — the government's necessary role in helping families and children overcome poverty. The cardinal calls on Catholics to let their voices and values be heard as the welfare reform debate takes center-stage.
September - Partners in Service, an interfaith volunteer effort proposed by Cardinal Maida in December 1994, is officially introduced to the metropolitan Detroit community.
October - With the support and encouragement of Cardinal Maida, Pathways of Hope is established by Detroit-area businessmen to provide financial assistance specifically to needy children of all faiths and nationalities who wish to attend Catholic Schools in the city of Detroit.
December - Cardinal Maida, along with the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, announces a $10 million fundraising campaign to rebuild and improve the Society's Central Depot, which was destroyed by fire on Dec. 15.
December - Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer, U.S. Senator Carl Levin and Cardinal Maida issue a call for reconciliation in the six-month-old Detroit newspaper strike, encouraging all parties to negotiate their differences and settle the strike.
1996
July - Responding to respect for life issues, Cardinal Maida announces Project Life, a hotline offering help to those contemplating assisted suicide or abortion.
July - Cardinal Maida ordains Fr. John Nienstedt and Fr. Allen Vigneron as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
August - Cardinal Maida serves at papal legate (the pope's personal representative) to the 19th Annual International Marian Congress in Czestochowa, Poland.
September - Cardinal Maida officially introduces Jubilee 2000, a five-year faith enrichment and parish renewal program to prepare Catholics for the third millennium.
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Cardinal Maida attends World Youth Day in Paris, France, with a Michigan delegation of more than 800 people in 1997. |
1997
February - Cardinal Maida helps establish a fundraising campaign to assure the continued presence and operation of the only all-girls Catholic school, Dominican High School and Academy, in the city of Detroit.
July - As president of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Foundation-USA, Cardinal Maida announces plans to construct a major interactive facility in Washington, D.C., for the popular and scholarly study of the Catholic faith and culture, and the impact of papal teachings on current American issues. It will be known as the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center.
August - Cardinal Maida attends World Youth Day in Paris, France, with a Michigan delegation of more than 800 people.
September - All Saints, the first new archdiocesan Catholic elementary school in 30 years, opens its doors in the Plymouth-Canton area.
September - Cardinal Maida, with the other bishops of Michigan, issues pastoral letter on assisted suicide and the meaning of genuine compassion titled "Living and Dying According to the Voice of the Faith."
September - Cardinal Maida hosts the groundbreaking for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
November - Cardinal Maida participates in the Special Assembly for America of the Synod of Bishops, held at the Vatican from Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1997.
1998
January - Cardinal Maida concelebrates Mass with the Holy Father in Havana, Cuba.
April - Cardinal Maida visits with pastoral staff and parishioners at the archdiocesan mission in Recife, Brazil.
May - In an unprecedented step, members of the Religious Leaders Forum, including Cardinal Maida, sign an interfaith letter against physician-assisted suicide.
August - Cardinal Maida issues a pastoral on physician-assisted suicide titled "Teach, Preach and Vote."
October - Cardinal Maida kicks off a local and statewide campaign to defeat Proposal B, the ballot initiative to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Michigan. In an effort to reinforce the ecumenical message against Proposal B, Cardinal Maida becomes the first Detroit archbishop to speak from the Sunday pulpits at two Baptist churches in Detroit.
November - An intensive four-week media and grassroots campaign supported by local and state coalitions succeeds, as Proposal B is defeated at the polls by a 3-1 margin in Michigan.
1999
January 9 - Cardinal Maida celebrates Mass at Shrine of the Little Flower Parish in Royal Oak in honor of its designation as a national shrine.
March - Cardinal Maida announces Pathways PLUS, a multi-million dollar effort to provide educational scholarships to inner-city children for inner-city private schools in a venture between the Pathways of Hope Foundation and the Children's Scholarship Fund.
April - Cardinal Maida joins others in writing to President Bill Clinton and Yugoslavian President Slobodan Milosevic, urging the immediate cessation of hostilities against the people of Kosovo and a cessation of NATO bombing.
June - Cardinal Maida transfers Kundig Center to Covenant House, a facility that provides shelter to children and offers counseling, job training and collaborative efforts with the business community.
June - Cardinal Maida conducts a prayer service for tens of thousands of pilgrims in Gliwice, Poland, substituting for the Holy Father, who is stricken by the flu.
July - Pope John Paul II names Cardinal Maida to European Synod.
August - Cardinal Maida ordains Msgr. Leonard Blair as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
October - Cardinal Maida and Bishop Robert Rimbo, of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America renew the Lutheran-Catholic Covenant and celebrate the signing of joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification.
December - Cardinal Maida concelebrates Mass at the rededication and consecration of the Cathedral Church of the Immaculate Conception (Red Church) in Moscow, Russia.
2000
March - Cardinal Maida delivers a homily and writes about Holy Father's request for forgiveness of sins of the Church.
March - Cardinal Maida joins the Holy Father on an historic Jubilee pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
May - Cardinal Maida dedicates new St. Vincent de Paul Van Elslander Center in Detroit.
May - Cardinal Maida, along with 7,000 priests, attends the Holy Father's 80th birthday liturgy in Rome.
June - With the bishops of Michigan, Cardinal Maida authors and sends to all Catholic households, the first of a series of messages on education reform and support for the November voucher proposal. The pastoral letter on educational justice is titled "A Just Beginning for All."
August - Cardinal Maida meets with World Youth Day pilgrims in Rome. A total of 500 metro Detroit youth and young people attend the record-breaking event.
September - Cardinal Maida hosts the first Eucharistic Congress of the Archdiocese of Detroit at newly remodeled St. John's Center for Youth and Family, Plymouth Township.
November - Joining with interfaith, business and community leaders, Cardinal Maida mounts the One-on-One effort (person–to-person advocacy) in support of Proposal 1, a ballot initiative in Michigan that would have provided opportunity scholarships (vouchers) to students in distressed urban school districts.
November - Cardinal Maida hosts preview of Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C. for U.S. Bishops and dignitaries.
November - As guest speaker at the Detroit Economic Club, Cardinal Maida focuses on the importance of providing a quality education for young people throughout the Detroit metropolitan area. His address is titled "Hands Across the Ages: Partnering with our Youth for the New Millennium."
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Shawn D. Ellis | The Michigan Catholic
Cardinal Adam Maida speaks during an interfaith service titled "People of Faith United for Reconciliation, Justice and Peace," held Sept. 23, 2001, at Fort Street Presbyterian Church, Detroit. Priests, ministers, imams, rabbis and other religious leaders put together the interfaith service following the Sept. 11 tragedy. |
2001
March - Cardinal Maida celebrates Mass of Thanksgiving at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C.; hosts grand opening of the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center; and inaugurates the first Vatican exhibit, "The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary."
May - At the invitation of the Holy Father, Cardinal Maida participates with over 150 cardinals in an extraordinary consistory at the Vatican on pastoral challenges and evangelization in the new millennium.
June - Cardinal Maida joins the Holy Father on a pastoral visit to the Ukraine.
July - Cardinal Maida celebrates Tricentennial Mass of Thanksgiving at Ste. Anne de Detroit Church in honor of the 300th anniversary of the parish and participates in events celebrating 300th birthday of the City of Detroit, including A Gathering of Shepherds (ecumenical celebration with more than 100 faith leaders at Ste. Anne) and Spiritual Day at Detroit's Chene Park.
September - Cardinal Maida speaks at an interfaith prayer service for the healing of our nation following the events of Sept. 11. Twenty clergy from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith traditions participate in the service held at Fort Street Presbyterian Church in downtown Detroit and entitled People of Faith United for Reconciliation, Justice and Peace.
November - Cardinal Maida issues pastoral letter on Catholic funeral rites titled "Blessed Are They Who Mourn."
2002
January - Maida hosts an interfaith prayer service on the same day (Jan. 24) as Pope John Paul II and world leaders are praying for peace in Assisi, Italy. Cardinal Maida and representatives from 17 different faith traditions pray for peace and sign a commitment for peace in the world in a ceremony at SS. Peter and Paul Church in downtown Detroit.
September - Cardinal Maida participates with a group of interfaith religious leaders in a prayer caravan to mark the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The caravan stops at Christian, Jewish and Muslim sites throughout the metropolitan Detroit area. Cardinal Maida leads the prayer at the first stop, Herlong Cathedral School at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episcopal) in Detroit.
September - Cardinal Maida ordains Msgr. Earl Boyea as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
September 2 - Consistent with the Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People promulgated by the bishops of the United States, Cardinal Maida appoints the seven-member Archdiocesan Review Board to advise him on matters involving the sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
2003
February - Regarding the imminent and real possibility of war with Iraq, Cardinal Maida calls all Catholics within the archdiocese to pray and fast for peace. Prayer cards developed by the cardinal, featuring a prayer for peace, are distributed to all parishes. The prayer is to be recited at Masses each weekend during the foreseeable future.
March - Cardinal Maida rededicates the renovated Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament, funded by a $15 million voluntary campaign.
August - Cardinal Maida ordains Msgr. Walter Hurley, Msgr. John Quinn and Fr. Francis Reiss as auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
September - Cardinal Maida hosts celebration at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in honor of Pope John Paul II's 25th anniversary as pope.
2004
February - Cardinal Maida issued "Promise to Protect. Pledge to Heal," a pastoral letter on priest sexual abuse and creating safe environments for children.
May - Cardinal Maida is named Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Grand Rapids, following the death of Bishop Kevin Britt.
July - President George W. Bush names Cardinal Maida to the Presidential Delegation lead by U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell that travels to Poland to participate in events marking the 60th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, July 30–Aug. 1, 2004.
2005
February - Cardinal Maida installs Bishop Robert Carlson as Bishop of Saginaw.
March - On the occasion of his 75th birthday, Cardinal Maida submits his resignation to Pope John Paul II, as required by canon law.
April - Cardinal Maida attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II at the Vatican.
April - Cardinal Maida participates in the conclave that elects Pope Benedict XVI and attends the Holy Father's installation Mass.
May - Cardinal Maida is invited by the Holy Father to continue as archbishop of Detroit.
August - Cardinal Maida installs Bishop Walter Hurley as bishop of Grand Rapids.
August - Cardinal Maida attends World Youth Day in Cologne, Germany.
November - Cardinal Maida celebrates Mass and dedicates the Cardinal Maida Academy in East Vandergrift, Penn.
2006
January - Cardinal Maida ordains and installs Bishop Alexander Sample as bishop of Marquette.
March - Cardinal Maida speaks at the Ecumenical Day meeting of the Council of Baptist Pastors of Detroit at Bethany Baptist Church in Detroit.
March - Cardinal Maida oversees the Together in Faith process and announces a Strategic Plan. He also issues a pastoral letter on parish restructuring titled "Together in Faith: The Journey Before Us."
June - Celebration of Cardinal Maida's 50th anniversary of priestly ordination.
November - Cardinal Maida ordains Msgr. Daniel Flores as auxiliary bishop of Detroit.
2007
May - Cardinal Maida celebrates Mass of inauguration for Dr. David J. Fike as president of Marygrove College.
August - Cardinal Maida establishes Divine Mercy Parish in Davisburg. The name of the parish was suggested by the late Pope John Paul II in a conversation with the cardinal.
October - Cardinal Maida attends a Midwest Catholic-Muslim luncheon in Dearborn.
2008
February - Cardinal Maida participates in the groundbreaking ceremony for Austin Catholic Academy in Macomb Township.
April - Cardinal Maida welcomes Pope Benedict XVI to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C.
May - Cardinal Maida celebrates Mass in the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament to mark 175th anniversary of the Detroit Diocese.
May - Cardinal Maida receives Honorary Doctor of Letters Degree at Ave Maria University in Ave Maria, Florida.
June - Cardinal Maida attends and gives a speech at the Eucharistic Congress in Quebec.
June - Cardinal Maida blesses a bronze statue of Pope John Paul II, rededicates the Lourdes Grotto, and celebrates Mass at the Orchard Lakes Schools to mark the pastoral visit of Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz of Krakow, Poland.
December - Cardinal Maida convenes an interfaith conversation on the economy at Sacred Heart Major Seminary after issuing a pastoral letter on the subject matter, "Christ our Hope."
2009
January - Pope Benedict XVI accepts Cardinal Maida's resignation and he becomes apostolic administrator of the archdiocese with the appointment of Archbishop-designate Allen Vigneron.
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