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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
St. Alphonsus All-Class Day-After-Thanksgiving Get-Together
Friday, November 24, 2023 at 6 PM
Tin Cup Bar and Grill
20500 Newburgh Rd, Livonia, MI 48152
Come join alumni for a fun evening of reminiscing!
RSVP to the event on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/events/643301974672494
Bricks from the school:
Update – November 2023
Bricks, Bricks, Bricks
Apparently many Alumni have a fascination with “Bricks” from the demolition of the schools. During the demolition we got the workers to set aside bricks from the High School building outside of the security fence. Whatever was there was quickly claimed by alumni.
When the Gym was being knocked down, armed with gloves, hammers and a pickup, a few of us were able to reclaim a couple hundred bricks.
For the folks who had made requests or signed up at some of our events here is how we intend to provide the bricks.
The bricks weigh about five pounds and the procedure to pick up bricks will be as follows. Sometime next year, we will contact those individuals on the list and arrange a time and place for pickup. If there are any left after the listed folks had their opportunity we will put the word out. If you already picked up bricks please let other Alumni have a crack at the ones we rescued.
On the other hand we have hundreds of floorboards from the gym about two by eight inches. We attach a logo to them and sell them at $10 each. Personally they look more presentable than bricks but we understand.
Thank you,
St. Alphonsus Alumni Association
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Fall 2023 Newsletter
Production of the fall newsletter has begun. It will be mailed in early December.
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 - October 2023
On October 22 the books from the St. Alphonsus library were unloaded at their final destination at the village of Ogoni in Nigeria.
A story about the books from our library was recently featured on WDIV Ch. 4's website. Click HERE to read the story.
This completes the journey that began over a year ago. The books were discovered in October 2022, packed 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