I spend little time on the east side of the Detroit area.  I get out there for work, but little else, and work does not take me out that way very often.  But, for some reason, I keep running across this very unique church.  I’m not one for modern architecture — I’m pretty old school.  But I am fascinated by this church probably because there are few buildings like it, churches or otherwise.  I would not call this an attractive building, but it definitely is interesting.  I could not get access to the building so I could not see the entire sanctuary, but I could see through to the altar.  The stained glass above it is lovely; beautiful use of color.

This Macomb County history website has a page dedicated to St. Clement Parish, the oldest church — body, not building — in the area.  It has some great photos and information regarding the church, both its past and present.  http://macombhistory.us/StClement/StClementChurch.html

Here’s an abbreviated history of the parish from the Archdiocese of Detroit website:

St. Clement Parish was established in 1854 to serve the Belgian, German, Polish, French and Irish Catholics who settled in the Center Line community. From its humble beginnings in a small wooden church the parish has grown to include its third church built in 1961, its second pre-K – 8 grade school built in 1953, and a historic parish cemetery. As Center Line’s oldest religious institution, St. Clement continues to serve as a place of worship, a social gathering spot, and an educational base for an ever expanding community, the community of God.