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CATHOLIC SCHOOL ALUMNI LAWYER DINNER NOVEMBER 15 AT DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL

Below is the ad for the first annual Catholic School Alumni Lawyer Dinner (also known as the Bishop Michael J. Gallagher Dinner) to be held at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.

Keynote speakers will be US District Court Judge Victoria Roberts (St. Martin dePorres) and former head of the Detroit Catholic High School League, Tom Rashid (St. Alphonsus). Whether you are a graduate of a Catholic high school, Catholic grade school, a lawyer, the parent of a Catholic school student, or just someone interested in the history and heritage of Catholic education in the Detroit area, you are welcome to this event.

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ALL CATHOLIC ALUMNI LAWYERS DINNER THIS NOVEMBER

The all Catholic High School Alumni Lawyer dinner scheduled, but not held, earlier this year, will be held during the third week of November, 2011 at Detroit Catholic Central High School in Novi.  Watch this site and FB page for further details.

 

 

WAYNE COUNTY EXECUTIVE ROBERT FICANO ADDRESSES SHAMROCK BAR ASSOCIATION-OUTLINES PLANS FOR DETROIT REGION AEROTROPOLIS

 

On October 5, 2010, Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano addressed members of the Detroit Catholic Central Shamrock Bar Association.  Though Mr. Ficano is a lawyer and former CC dad, his presentation did not focus on the law or on Catholic Central.  He talked about the future of Southeast Michigan, a region that has endured enormous challenges in recent years.  He described the development of what is called the Detroit Region Aerotropolis.  It can best be described in this quote taken from its website:

"Airports are driving and shaping business location and urban development in the 21st century, much as highways did in the 20th century - railroads in the 19th, and seaports in the 18th. Airports have become key nodes in global production and commercial systems. As aviation-related businesses cluster at and near major airports and along transportation corridors radiating from there, a new urban entity is emerging - the Aerotropolis."

This video describes the cooperative effort quite well:

 

Mr. Ficano's presentation brought a great feeling of hope to the audience. As CC grads, lawyers and fathers, members of the Shamrock Bar are greatly concerned about the future of Detroit, Southeast Michigan, and the state as a whole. So, the last part of Mr. Ficano's remarks was most affecting. "Let us leave this legacy--that we do not have to get on an airplane to visit our grandchildren." Amen.

FIRST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI LAWYERS DINNER SET-SAVE THE DATE

The first all-school Catholic High School Alumni Lawyers Dinner will be held on Thursday, January 27, 2011, at Catholic Central High School in Novi.  Our guest speaker will be Fr. John Riccardo, Pastor of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish in Plymouth.

This event is open to all Catholic high school alumni lawyers, or lawyers who are spouses of Catholic high school alumni, lawyers who are parents or children of Catholic high school alumni (or students), current Catholic high school students, all members of the legal "industry", in any capacity, who are friends of Catholic education--well you get the idea.  All are welcome.

It will be a great chance for people who share many common bonds-legal, religious, educational, to get together in a social setting.  It is expected to be a great time to celebrate that which unites us-plaintiff or defendant, bench or bar, Shamrock or Cub, Mustang or Saddlelite.

As the Archdiocese of Detroit does not keep a database of High School Alumni Associations, contacting high schools currently open has been something of a challenge.  However, we are casting our net much wider.  We want to find graduates of those great high schools that are no longer open.  Places like Harper Woods Notre Dame, Benedictine, Immaculata, St. Florian, St. Hedwig, East Catholic, St. Ambrose, Bishop Borgess, Bishop Gallagher, St. Martin de Porres, St. Ladislaus, Sacred Heart, Our Lady of Sorrows, Austin,Salesian and dozens of others.

If you are interested in further information, would like to get involved, or have any contacts with alumni groups of Catholic high schools, open or closed, please contact Mike Butler (Catholic Central '71), at mbutler@twmi.rr.com.

Look for further details, first on this site, and soon in a Facebook group, etc.

A side note.  We also need a name for this group trips lightly off the tongue, and better yet, lends itself to a catchy acronym.  Currently in the running is "Friends of Catholic High Schools", (FOCHS-pronounceable as FOX).  This is nice but lacks the legal connection.  "Lawyers of Catholic High Schools", (LOCHS-pronounced LOX) is my personal favorite right now.

Fr. John Riccardo-link to his podcast page, here.