The 13th annual Stride for Seminarians brought nearly 900 people to the Detroit Zoo on Sunday, September 20, 2026 despite a rainy and overcast morning. Rain or shine, the community showed up in support of Chaldean seminarians and the future of the Church.

Chaldean-owned Fresh Farms Market in Grosse Pointe finally got the attention it had been seeking from Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy after a 228-day social media campaign urging him to try its pizza. Portnoy visited the family-run grocery store, owned by brothers Steve and Larry Najjar since 1997, and gave its hand-tossed, New York-style pizza a 7.9 rating. The store makes its dough and sauce in-house, and employees are preparing for a potential surge in customers when Portnoy’s One Bite Pizza Review is released.

Mike’s Fresh Market on Detroit’s east side became the center of a community-wide act of kindness on Monday, August 31, when Fifth Third Bank and social media influencer MDMotivator paid for hundreds of shoppers’ groceries. The giveaway drew such a massive crowd that Mike’s Fresh Market had to stop admitting customers around 5 PM. Owner Jamal Abro said he was proud to help local families facing rising grocery and gas prices, emphasizing that giving back is essential to being part of the community. Fifth Third, which helped finance Mike’s Fresh Market when it opened in 2004, called the store a valued client and neighborhood institution, highlighting its more than 20-year role serving Detroit residents.

The Greater West Bloomfield Historical Society will host “Our Local Chaldean History Exhibit” from 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Orchard Lake Museum, 3951 Orchard Lake Road. The event, part of the Greater West Bloomfield Diverse History Project, is being presented in collaboration with the Chaldean Cultural Center and Chaldean Community Foundation and will explore the history, immigration, and growth of the Chaldean community in Metro Detroit and West Bloomfield. Mary Romaya, executive director of the Chaldean Cultural Center and Museum, will present “Who are the Chaldeans?” The free event will include two outdoor presentations at 1:30 and 3 p.m., due to limited museum capacity, along with light refreshments.

Cousins Jonny "Magic" Mansour and Julius "JuJu" Ballo each kept their undefeated records intact Saturday night at Detroit's Fox Theatre, headlining a card built to connect their San Diego Chaldean community with Detroit's, the largest Chaldean population in the country. Mansour, 26, stopped Ernest Bustos via second-round TKO in front of more than 3,200 fans, dropping him three times — a clean left hook to close the first round, then a body-shot combination that ended the fight at 1:47 of round two — to improve to 8-0 with three knockouts.