One of the most defining aspects of St. Albert’s occurred in September of 1956 when the Marist Nuns arrived from Ireland to teach at St. Albert’s School. Only three schools in the United States had Marist nuns as teachers when the Class of ’75 began first grade (the other two being St. Barnabas in East Detroit and Our Lady of…

A little known fact is that the very first class was not even held on St. Albert’s grounds, but in a room behind the gym at Pardee school that St. Albert’s used as a Sacristy while masses were being held at the Pardee school gymnasium. Father DePlaunty, who was the Pastor at this time, had to share this room with…