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Jack Kresnak

A 1968 graduate of Cardinal Mooney Latin School, Jack Kresnak is a retired journalist and author of a 2015 book about Fr. William Cunningham of Focus: HOPE, Hope for the City: A Catholic priest, a Suburban Housewife and their Desperate Effort to save Detroit.

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Fr. William Cunningham leads an annual Walk for Focus: HOPE in Detroit in the early 1980s. (Courtesy of Focus: HOPE)

From progressive to conservative to 'an earthquake at the seminary': A history of Detroit's Sacred Heart

A Detroit seminary has gone from liberal in the 1960s to conservative in recent decades. Bishop Weisenburger's dismissal of three Pope Francis critics signals a sea change at Sacred Heart Major Seminary. 

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After 1967: Detroit Catholics worked to overcome sins of racism

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