Bishop Fisher tells Catholic business leaders to be ‘people of faith and hope’ during 32nd Annual Mass for Commerce
DETROIT ─ Catholic business professionals, entrepreneurs and community leaders gathered Oct. 22 at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit for the 32nd annual Mass for Commerce, an event uniting faith and work through the celebration of the Eucharist.
The annual Mass is sponsored by UTG at Work, an apostolate dedicated to helping working professionals live their Catholic faith.
Detroit Auxiliary Bishop Robert J. Fisher was the celebrant, with Msgr. Chuck Kosanke, Fr. Patrick Dorsey, S.J., and Fr. Stephen Burr, rector/president of Sacred Heart Major Seminary, concelebrating, and Deacon David Casnovsky of the Archdiocese of Detroit’s Office of Clergy and Consecrated Life serving at the altar.
In his homily, Bishop Fisher reflected on the virtues of faith and hope, describing faith as “entrusting myself to God in a relationship, one that will sustain me regardless of what is going on.” Hope, he said, is “that same trust extended into the future.”
Bishop Fisher urged those gathered not to become “spiritual procrastinators,” comparing it to missed deadlines in business that lead to lost opportunities.
“Jesus reminds us that none of us knows how much time we’ll be given,” Bishop Fisher said. “Let’s live as people of faith and hope, people who truly know that Christ is at our side every day.”
Students from several area Catholic high schools provided music for the liturgy, singing in the choir.
(Photos by Izzy Cortese | Detroit Catholic)
