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ST. ALPHONSUS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
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We're here to help foster communication between alumni and to celebrate our special memories of St. Alphonsus Schools.
St. Alphonsus is one of those rare instances where the opening of the school preceded the founding of the parish. The first Catholic services were said in 1842 by the Redemptorist Fathers of Detroit. St. Alphonsus school was established in 1846. It was not until a decade later, in 1852, that a parish was formally organized.
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President: Dennis Modzelewski ('69)
5565 Sutters Lane, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan 48301 (248) 855-2591
Vice President: David Katona ('72)
Treasurer: Karen Cardelli Andrusiak ('69)
Secretary: Renee Campau Vasiloff ('72)
Newsletter: Renee Campau Vasiloff ('72)
David Katona ('72)
Website: David Katona ('72)
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ADRIAN DOMINICAN NEWS
The Adrian Dominican Sisters live incredible lives. "Our Dominican Lives: A Sister's Story" is a series of video interviews exploring the lives of the Adrian Dominican family.
Visit adriandominicans.org/MeetDominicans/Sisters and click on the link to "Our Dominican Lives”. Click here for a list with links to interviews of some of the sisters who have served at St. Alphonsus.
ALUMNI NEWS and EVENTS
2023 ANNUAL ALUMNI PARTY
Sunday, October 15th
Carl E Stitt American Legion Hall
23850 Military Road, Dearborn Heights, MI 48127
(Stitt Hall is located next to St. Hedwig Cemetery, one block
East of Telegraph and South of Warren Avenue)
Registration and festivities will start at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will be served at 12:30 p.m. Cash bar available
The cost is $30 per person and includes a delicious buffet, dessert, coffee, tea, and soft drinks. Each year this wonderful get together has given Arrows of all ages the chance to reconnect with old friends and reminiscence about our days at St. Alphonsus while creating new memories and new friendships.
Checks should be made payable to St. Alphonsus Alumni Association and sent to:
St. Alphonsus Alumni Association
5565 Sutters Lane
Bloomfield Hills, Ml 48301
(Please include your class year on the check)
Click below to use PayPal
Tables can be reserved for your class by emailing the alumni association at: St.Als.Alumni.Dearborn@gmail.com or send a note to the alumni association at the above address with the number of attendees expected from your class. Your attendance will assist us in making the 2023 party another success!
ALUMNI MASS
You are invited to attend Mass at St. Alphonsus-St.Clement before the party.
Sunday Mass is now at 10:00 AM.
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Bricks from the school:
Update – August 1, 2023
We apologize for the confusion about the bricks from the school and appreciate your patience. Now that the demolition is almost completed the debris continues to be trucked away. We have asked them again to set aside a pile of bricks for us to be picked up later. So far they haven't. We will announce here if and when additional bricks are available.
Thank you,
St. Alphonsus Alumni Association
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Fall 2023 Newsletter
Production of the fall newsletter will begin soon. It will be mailed sometime around October.
You are invited to submit memories and short stories about your time attending St. Alphonsus to newsletter@stalsalumni.org.
To get on the mailing list join the alumni association, click on the "Join" tab above.
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St. Alphonsus Library - August 2023
Two truckloads of books from the high school library were recently loaded to be taken to Chicago where they will be shipped to Nigeria. The books were discovered last October in boxes in a storage room in the activities building of the school, along with quite a few textbooks that were left behind by the charter school. It was estimated that there were over 200 boxes containing over 9,000 books. A new home for the books was sought before they were lost in the demolition of the school buildings. Fr. Anthony Kote-Witah, one of the Capuchin priests who had been assisting at our Sunday Masses was collecting book donations to establish a library at an orphanage he is building in his homeland in Nigeria. After arrangements were made to donate the library books, they were moved out of the school to Fr. Yagley Hall for temporary storage. Over the past few months, volunteers helped wrap the boxes in plastic for shipment. Thanks go out to members of the parish, alumni and Knights of Columbus for their help with this project.
To learn more about Fr. Anthony and his orphanage project visit:
theogonishepherdfoundation.org
To read an article at Detroit Catholic about Fr. Anthony and his plans for the orphanage and library click HERE.
To read a previous article about the library click HERE.
Online Mass from
St. Alphonsus – St. Clement
We are thankful that so many parishioners are returning to mass. For those who are unable to attend mass in person we are continuing to live-stream mass every weekend so you can remain connected with our parish family by participating in the mass online.
The 4:00 PM Saturday and 10:00 AM Sunday masses can be seen on our YouTube channel. To view the current week’s masses or previously recorded masses visit www.stals-stclem.org and click on “Livestream Schedule”.
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MASS SCHEDULE:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday: 8:30 a.m.
Saturday Mass: 4 p.m.
(3 p.m.~ Confessions / or by apt.)
Saturday Mass @ Allegria Village: 6 p.m.
Sunday Mass: 10 a.m.
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St. Alphonsus-St. Clement Parish
Church: 13540 Gould St
Office: 7469 Calhoun Street
Dearborn, Michigan 48126
Office: (313) 581-5218
Fax: (313) 584-6530
Email: info@sta-stc.comcastbiz.net
Fr. Terrence Kerner - Administrator
Rev. Gregory Deters, Associate
ALLEGRIA VILLAGE CHAPEL
15101 Ford Rd., Dearborn, MI 48126
Phone: (313) 846-7712 ext. 1121