About Ahee|Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration 2022
Saturday, June 4th
We are thrilled to be back at Comerica Park for a night of celebration to benefit the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Saturday, June 4th | Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Live music and entertainment featuring Your Generation in Concert. Food and libations available. Fireworks show at dusk. - Dressy summer attire suggested - 21 and over - Please enter gates located at Adams and Whiterall Streets - Valet Parking Available
In 1981, Edmund T. Ahee Sr., founder of Ahee Jewelers, his wife, Bettejean and their seven children founded the first Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration to benefit the Capuchin’s Soup Kitchen in Detroit. Having grown up during the Great Depression and witnessing many friends standing in line at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen as a child, the establishment always held a special place in Edmund’s heart. With your tremendous support over the years, the Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration has grown exponentially, outgrowing numerous venues and ultimately landing at Comerica Park. This special event, along with the Edmund T. Ahee Endowment Fund for Hunger, has raised millions to help provide food, clothing, substance abuse treatment, job training and tutoring services for thousands in the city of Detroit through the Capuchin Soup Kitchen.
Raffle tickets for the 41st Annual Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration may be purchased by phone or in-person at: Edmund T. Ahee Jewelers 20139 Mack Ave., Grosse Pointe Woods 48236 313.886.4600 Capuchin Soup Kitchen 1820 Mt. Elliott Street, Detroit 48207 313.579.2100 ext. 1159 Tickets are $5 each. 100% of proceeds go directly to the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Winners will be announced after the fireworks display and will be contacted by phone. Winners are responsible for all tax liability.
Blessed Solanus Casey spoke in a soft and quiet voice to all who came to him for help. And he prayed. Some say his prayers cured illness. All say his serenity and counsel gave them peace. He was always ready to listen to anyone at any time, day or night….and to encourage everyone to “thank God ahead of time.” Blessed Solanus co-founded the Capuchin Soup Kitchen in 1929, just as the Great Depression tightened its grip on the nation. Countless children, women and men in the Detroit area have since found welcome and hope at the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Pope John Paul II declared him Venerable in 1995. On May 4, 2017, Pope Francis announced that Venerable Solanus would be beatified. A miraculous cure was approved; and indeed he was beatified on November 18, 2017 at Ford Field, Detroit. Another approved miracle will advance the Cause finally to sainthood.
Edmund T. Ahee was a man of implicit integrity: he was upright, sincere and generous—a humanitarian in every sense of the word. In 1981, he indicated that he wanted his family to support a charity close to his heart, the Capuchin Soup Kitchen. For 18 years, Edmund excitedly presided over the annual Capuchin Souper Summer Celebration. True to his foresight, his children and grandchildren have continued to fulfill his legacy by carrying out the annual beloved event in his honor.
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