Regarding Orchard Lake Schools

On February 5, 2025, Archbishop Vigneron issued a decree establishing Orchard Lake Schools, Orchard Lake, Michigan, as a Public Association of Christ's Faithful, giving it public juridic personality.

Orchard Lake Schools consists of St. Mary Preparatory, Polish Mission, and Our Lady of Orchard Lake Chapel, which contains the Archdiocesan Shrine of St. John Paul II.

The creation of Orchard Lake Schools as a Public Association of Christ's Faithful was necessitated by the cessation of operations of Saints Cyril and Methodius Seminary, which, in due course, will be canonically suppressed.

For more information on this decree, please write to chancellor@aod.org.