Organization Name: Finnish Center Association
Organization Overview: The Finnish Center Association is dedicated to promoting the preservation of the Finnish and Finnish-American culture by offering its members an opportunity to experience all things Finnish: language classes, weaving, folk dancing, singing, cooking and baking and drama instruction. Programs and celebrations including concerts performed by the Finnish American Singers, the summer Jamboree, the Scandinavian Bazaar, Pikku Joulou, just to name a few, further expose its members to the Finnish culture at its most joyous. To continue the Finn's long standing dedication to education, collegiate scholarships and educational grants are made available on an annual basis. The Cultural Center library boasts a collection of Finnish and Finnish-American books, periodicals and archival materials and provides yet another opportunity for its members to learn about the past, present and future of Finland.
Language: English,Finnish
Cultures: Finnish
Street: 35200 West Eight Mile Road
City/Township: Farmington Hills
State: MI
Zip Code: 48335
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 478-6939
Fax No: (248) 478-5671
Website: http://www.finnishcenter.org/
Organization Name: Flanagan - O'Hare Irish Dance School
Organization Overview: Michael O’Hare began his Irish Dance journey with the Dineen School of Dance in Detroit, Michigan. After a successful competitive career Michael established the O’Hare School of Irish dance on Detroit’s east side and went on to teach classes in the Mid-Michigan cities of Jackson, Saginaw, and Battle Creek as well as Southern US locations in Savannah & Augusta, Georgia and Naples, Florida. He has also taught in many western cities from Chicago, Ill to Anchorage, Alaska.
In 1995, Michael along with his wife Elaine Flanagan-O’Hare, formed the Flanagan-O’Hare School of Irish Dance in Birmingham, Michigan. They have trained hundreds of dancers, many of whom went on to win Regional, National & World Championships. Michael and Elaine have performed at festivals across the state of Michigan and around the US from the Anchorage, Alaska Irish Fest to the White House St. Patrick’s Day Celebration for President Bill Clinton. Many of their students have also had the opportunity to tour with them and have gone on to join professional dance troupes in both Riverdance and Lord of the Dance.
Michael and Elaine’s dedication to keeping Irish Culture alive in Florida and Michigan is unmatched. Their love and dedication to their dancers is never ending.
Language: English
Cultures: Irish
Street: 1250 Kensington Road
City/Township: Bloomfield
State: MI
Zip Code: 48304
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 755-9922
Website: http://flanaganohare.com/#foh
Organization Name: Flint Scottish Pipe Band (FSPB)
Organization Overview: The Flint Scottish Pipe Band has the distinction of being the oldest continuously running Pipe Band in Michigan.. It was founded in 1916 by Scottish Immigrants intent on preserving their Scottish Heritage through the music and dress of their homeland. The Flint Scottish Pipe Band’s mission is to introduce the tradition of the Highland Band to communities through performance in parades, competitions and special events.
Today the Flint Scottish Pipe Band is constantly working to maintain their Award Winning Standard of Excellence.
Our success on the competition field and our reputation as a solid, fun loving, family band has helped us to attract incredibly talented pipers and drummers. This has enabled us to provide world class instruction to our students at every level.
As a band we continue to grow, we presently have over 40 members on our roster. We have a strong competition corps and work to add new musicians to our family through education and introduction to the pipes and drums.
Language: English,Gaelic
Cultures: Scottish
Street: (mailing) P.O. BOX 742
City/Township: Flint
Zip Code: 48501
Country: USA
Website: http://www.flintscottish.com/
Organization Name: Société historique canadienne du Michigan
Organization Overview: The French-Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan (FCHSM) is an educational, historical, cultural, and genealogical non-profit organization, committed to make people aware of the rich culture and history of French Canadians in North America.
Articles appearing in Michigan’s Habitant Heritage (Our Journal) cover all areas of New France, including articles about French Canadians who lived in, explored, or travelled to all areas of Michigan, the Detroit River Region (which means both sides of the Detroit River), Michilimackinac, Fort St. Joseph, Southwest Ontario, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi Valley (Kaskaskia, Vincennes, New Orleans, Mobile), La Salle’s colony in Texas, Hudson Bay, and Acadia, as well as articles about our ancestors’ origins in France. Although the FCHSM is based in Michigan, members live throughout the United States and Canada. Please see our Acadia/Acadie Page, our Fort St. Joseph, Michilimackinac, and River Raisin/Frenchtown Page and our Mississippi Valley and Texas Page for examples of articles written about these areas, art, and maps, as well as links that can help you with your research. Visit us on our Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/109717099063919/
Our aims and purposes are:
To promote an awareness of and appreciation for our French-Canadian heritage.
To facilitate contact and interaction among people of French-Canadian descent, for the purpose of researching family histories.
To act as an educational and social group by sponsoring and participating in functions which further interest in and awareness of French-Canadian heritage and New France’s history.
Language: English,French
Cultures: Canadian,French
Street: P.O. Box 1900
City/Township: Royal Oak
State: MI
Zip Code: 48068
Country: USA
Email: fchsm1608@gmail.com
Website: http://www.habitantheritage.org/
Organization Name: Francophiles of Detroit
Organization Overview: Greetings! We're a group of local francophones/francophiles that'll be meeting 3 or 4 times per month for convivial conversation, drinks, dinner, and sometimes a film. All levels of French fluency are welcome and encouraged to attend!
Language: French
Cultures: French
City/Township: Detroit
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Organization Name: Gaelic League and Irish-American Club of Detroit
Organization Overview: "Cead Mile Failte" One Hundred Thousand Welcomes!
The Gaelic League/Irish American Club of Detroit strives to be Metro Detroit’s Center for promoting and preserving Irish Culture and Tradition. We offer many ongoing activities and events. Be sure to visit the “LINKS OF INTEREST”, “GL NEWSLETTERS”, “GL IRISH RADIO SHOW” , and “UPCOMING EVENTS FLYERS” below for updated details. Scroll down to view the calendar of events and learn more about upcoming special events. You are always welcome to visit the Gaelic League and participate in the fun and/or email us your thoughts.
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Language: English
Cultures: Irish
Street: 2068 Michigan Ave.
City/Township: Detroit
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48216
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 964-7474 or (313) 96-IRISH)
Email: GLIAWeb@aol.com
Organization Name: German American (GA) Kids
Organization Overview: Wir sind eine Spielgruppe, bestehend aus deutsch sprechenden Familien mit Kindern von der ersten Lebenswoche bis zu sechs Jahren.
Wir treffen uns in verschiedenen wöchentlichen Spielgruppen in Royal Oak. Unsere Spielkameraden kommen aus dem Großraum Detroit. Bei den GA Kids habt ihr einen spielerischen und zwanglosen Zugang zur deutschen Sprache. In rund 4 bis 5 verschiedenen Spielgruppen in der Woche wird gespielt, gebastelt, gelesen, gesungen und natürlich auch einfach nur gequatscht.
Zudem knüpfen wir an die deutschen Traditionen an und feiern mit unseren Kindern und den Eltern Feiertage und Feste wie Fasching, Ostern, Sankt Martin und Weihnachten.
We are a play based group that consists of German speaking families with children ages zero to six.
We meet on a weekly basis in different play groups in Royal Oak. Our families live in the Metro Detroit area. Our goal is to offer our members easy access to the German language in a play group setting. GA Kids offers 4 to 5 weekly play groups, where our kids can play, do arts and crafts, read, sing and of course chat with each other. In addition we also celebrate German traditions with the children and parents during the holidays such as carnival, Easter, St. Martin and Christmas.
Language: English,German
Cultures: German
Street: 1717 W. Thirteen Mile Rd.
City/Township: Royal Oak
State: Michigan
Zip Code: 48073
Country: USA
Email: gakidsdetroit@gmail.com
Website: https://www.gakidsdetroit.com/
Organization Name: German American Cultural Center Online
Organization Overview: The GACC's mission is to bring to its members and to the metro Detroit community the benefits of its heritage of German cultural achievement, thereby to serve cultural, social, educational, athletic, charitable and civic purposes. Currently, there are 13 clubs of German, Swiss, and Austrian backgrounds affiliated with the GACC in metro Detroit
Language: English,German
Cultures: German
Country: USA
Organization Name: German Park Recreational Club
Organization Overview: The German Park Recreation Club hosts three picnics the last Saturday in June, July, and August.
Language: English,German
Cultures: All,German
Street: 5549 Pontiac Trail
City/Township: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Country: USA
Phone: (734) 769-0048
Email: info@germanpark.org
Website: http://www.germanpark.org/
Organization Name: Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp
Organization Overview: Celebrating its 60th anniversary and spanning its third generation of campers, the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Detroit Summer Camp (MDSC) has been providing faith, friendship and fun to the youth of our Metropolis since the summer of 1952.
Language: English,Greek
Cultures: Greek
Street: 802 Valley Road, Rose City, MI
State: MI
Zip Code: 48654
Country: USA
Phone: 248-909-MDSC (6372)
Email: gomdsc@gmail.com
Website: http://www.gomdsc.org/
Organization Name: Guyana Association of Metro Detroit
Organization Overview: Provide activity (cultural & educational) for Guyanese & their supporters in Metro Detroit & assist Guyanese immigrants.
Language: English
Cultures: Guyanese
Street: P.O. Box 901
City/Township: Novi
State: MI
Zip Code: 48377
Country: USA
Phone: (586) 506-3944
Fax No: (248) 522-6839
Email: blairsbiz@gmail.com
Organization Name: Haitian Network
Organization Overview: Welcome to the Haitian Network Group of Detroit (HNGD) , a non-profit organization with 501© (3) status. HNGD is designed to give Haitians and friends in the Metropolitan Detroit area the opportunity to network; HNGD advocates the improvement of cultural diversity in the Detroit area.
Our mission is to promote Haitian culture, provide an environment for Haitians and friends of Haiti to network, and contribute to the welfare of Haitians worldwide.
Membership is open to anyone with a genuine interest in Haiti and its people.
Browse through and subscribe to our newsletters to learn more about us, our accomplishments and events.
We appreciate your donations in support of the different HNGD projects.
Language: Creole,English,French
Cultures: Haitian
Street: 60 E. Milwaukee (P.O. Box 2106)
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Phone: (248) 231-5767
Organization Name: Haitian Network Group of Detroit
Organization Overview: Promoting Diversity & Providing Opportunities
Language: Creole,English,French
Cultures: Afro-Caribbean,Caribbean,Haitian
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 268-9250
Organization Name: Hellenic Museum of Michigan
Organization Overview: As part of its mission, the Museum will chronicle the struggles, triumphs and. contributions of a vibrant Greek immigrant community's journey to Michigan.
Language: English,Greek
Cultures: Greek
Street: 67 E. Kirby St.
City/Township: Detroit
State: MI
Zip Code: 48202
Country: USA
Phone: (313) 871-4100
Email: HellenicMI@gmail.com
Website: http://www.hellenicmi.org/index.html
Organization Name: Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East, St. Mary's Parish
Organization Overview: The Church of the East began in the late Apostolic age, flourished in upper Mesopotamia, and spread quickly throughout the Parthian (later Persian) Empire. Its language is classical Syriac (Aramaic), its government is Episcopal, its worship is sacramental and liturgical, its theology is according to the Nicene Creed and the teaching of the fathers of the Church, its customs are Semitic, and its present attitude toward other Christians is ecumenical. It exists in greatest numbers in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Lebanon, but also in Europe, North America, Australia, and India.
When did it begin?
The Church of the East began during the missionary activity which took place in the Apostolic Age. Written records have been traced to the late second century of the Christian era. The numbers of people who belonged to the Church at that time, and the broad area it covered, would indicate that there had been a long period of development and growth, possibly reaching back into the first century and the time of the Apostles. Tradition in the Church of the East dates its founding in the middle of the first century.
How did it begin?
The Church of the East developed first in what was known as the Parthian Empire, and when that empire was overthrown by the Persians in the third century it continued its development under the Persian government. This was the region lying to the east of the Roman border, stretching as far as to India. The exact location of the Church’s first congregations cannot be established from the historical record, but it is thought that it began its most serious development in the region of Kh’dayab (Adiabene) in northern Mesopotamia, spreading from there in all directions throughout the empire.
The Assyrian people of upper Mesopotamia have always been an important part of the Church of the East, though historically they were only one ethnic group among many others within the Church. However, today they represent the single surviving cultural grouping. Though the Church moved far beyond its beginnings in upper Mesopotamia, the language of that region (Syriac) remained the language of the Church, and its vocabulary, with a certain amount of Greek added in, was the source of its characteristic theological formulations.
How is it organized?
The Church of the East is governed according to the Apostolic model of bishops, presbyters, and deacons. At the turn of the fourth century (c. AD 310) Papa bar Gaggai, the bishop of the capital city of the Persian Empire, Seleucia-Ctesiphon, organized the bishops of the Church in a form which resembled the model developed in the West. He centralized the administration of the Church under his own jurisdiction and assumed the title “Catholicos of the East.” From that time on, the bishop of the imperial capital held this office. The Catholicos became the presiding bishop over the entire Church, and his dignity and power were subsequently added to in the fifth century when he received the title “Patriarch”. This was done at a general synod called by the Catholicos, Isaac, at Seleucia-Ctesiphon in AD 410. At this synod Marutha, a representative from the Roman Emperor, brought to the assembled bishops the canons and creed of the Council of Nicaea, and they were officially approved and received by the Church of the East.
Historically, the Catholicos-Patriarch governed the general synod of the bishops. The general synod was made up of all “Metropolitans” (Archbishops) and bishops. The Metropolitans were in charge of provinces, which each contained four to eight bishops. This historic model no longer exists due to the greatly reduced numbers within the Church and the dislocations of its membership. A bishop is considered legitimate if he has been ordained into the Apostolic succession by at least two (preferably more) other bishops who are themselves properly ordained and in full communion with their fellow bishops. A bishop’s legitimacy endures only so long as he himself maintains such full communion.
How does it worship?
The Church of the East has a sacramental system which resembles the sacramental systems of the Greek and Latin traditions. The Sacraments of Baptism and Eucharist are primary, and the Sacrament of Holy Orders affects the other Sacraments. Confirmation is administered with Baptism, and Absolution is a benefit of the Eucharist, though Absolution is also administered separately during a common service of Absolution, and is also administered to individuals, with penance, in the case of serious sin. The Sign of the Cross, Unction, and “Holy Leaven” are defined as additional Sacraments.
The central feature of the worship life of the Church of the East is the Eucharist, known in the Syriac language of the Church as the “Qurbana Qaddisha”, or “Holy Offering”. The liturgy of the Eucharist is attributed to “the Apostles, Addai and Mari, who discipled the East”. The liturgy consists of a service for the catechumens and a service for the faithful. The Host is a leavened loaf, and the cup is an equal mixture of wine and water. The baptized faithful receive the body and blood of Christ under both species of bread and wine, and the “real presence” of Christ is understood in the elements. A priest ordained by a bishop in the apostolic succession is required for the Consecration, and a deacon is required to assist the celebrant. A community of worshipping believers must be present at the celebration.
Baptism is administered to infants of Christian families and to new converts. It is not given to those who, for whatever reasons, enter the Church from other Christian bodies and have already been baptized with a Trinitarian formula. Infant baptisms oblige parents and sponsors to rear the child in the Christian faith and to nourish him or her at the altar and within the community of faith. The baptismal liturgy resembles the Eucharistic liturgy in form. Following an anointing with oil there is a triple immersion in consecrated water in the name of the Holy Trinity, and a final “sealing”, which is Confirmation, with the imposition of hands at the door of the altar.
Matrimony and funeral services consist largely of Psalms, anthems, and blessings. They are lengthy, colourful, and emotional occasions, and reflect ancient customs and usages.
What does it believe?
The teaching of the Church of the East is based on the faith of the universal Church as set forth in the Nicene Creed. The mystery of the Holy Trinity and the mystery of the Incarnation are central to its teaching. The church believes in One Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It also believes and teaches that the Only-begotten Son of God, God the Word, became incarnate for us men and for our salvation and became man. The same God the Word, begotten of his Father before all worlds without beginning according to his divinity, was begotten of a mother without a father in the last times according to his humanity, in a body of flesh, with a rational, intelligent, and immortal soul which he took from the womb of the Blessed Virgin Mary and united to himself, making it his very own at the moment of conception. The humanity which he took for his own was assumed by God the Word, who was, thenceforth and for ever, the personal subject of the divine and human natures. His divine and human natures retain their own properties, faculties, and operations unconfused, immutably, undividedly, and inseparably.
Therefore, because the divinity and humanity are united in the Person of the same and only Son of God and Lord Jesus Christ, the Church of the East rejects any teaching which suggests that Christ is an “ordinary man” whom God the Word inhabited, like the righteous men and the prophets of old. The Church of the East further rejects any teaching that explicitly or implicitly suggests that there are two Sons, or two Lords, or two Christs in our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, but we confess one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. The same, through his passion, death, burial, and resurrection, redeemed humanity from the bondage of sin and death, and secured the hope of resurrection and new life for all who put their faith in him, to whom, with his Father and the Holy Spirit, belongs confession, worship, and adoration unto ages of ages. Amen.
Language: Arabic,Assyrian,English
Cultures: Assyrian
Street: 4320 E 14 Mile Rd,
City/Township: Warren
State: MI
Zip Code: 48092
Country: USA
Phone: (586) 825-0290
