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Date: 7/23/2025 | Time: 10:15 AM – 2:15 PM | Location: All Saints Parish @ St. Anne’s

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On September 18, 2024, we celebrated the Blessing and Dedication of the Center of Evangelization, home of All Saints Catholic School and Faith Formation programs. Bishop Walsh and numerous priests who have served our parish came to be witness to this joyous moment in our rich Catholic history here in Alpena.

The All Saints Catholic School and Faith Formation students sang “This Little Light of Mine” before Mass.
Altar servers: Joshua LaCross, Blaise Peters, Quentin Allen and Conner Heald.
Readers: Rita-Marie Peters and Clare LaCross.

Thank you to the priests that made the trip over to Alpena for this special occasion!

Fr. Aloysius Okpala
Fr. Don Geyman
Fr. Michael Lingaur
Fr. Ken Stachnik
Fr. Joe Muszkiewicz
Fr. Stan Bereda
Fr. Patrick Maher

Bishop Walsh invited all of the children to come down to sit in front of him during his homily.

Thank you to our wonderful choir for singing and playing so beautifully throughout the Mass.

After Mass, Bishop Walsh walked around the building, from room to room, sprinkling a holy water blessing throughout as bells rang through the hallways.

Bishop Walsh finished in the gym, and he stood over the logo on the floor and prayed for several minutes as the bells trickled to silence. Then everyone celebrated!

We are deeply devastated by the flood that has engulfed Shuwa communities in Madagali, Adamawa State on the 26th of August and Maiduguri city and its environs from the 8th of September to date. Our hearts go out to the families who have tragically lost their loved ones, homes and livelihoods in this calamity.

The severity of this flood has far exceeded what the government and all of us estimated, making it the most catastrophic flood in Maiduguri in over three decades. The flood’s unprecedented scale has presented challenges beyond our previous experiences as more than half of the city is under water. Many lives have been lost and properties worth billions of naira, including livelihoods have been lost too.

Urgent Special Collection September 21/22:
Donations can be made by cash or check. Make checks payable to “All Saints of Alpena” with “Maiduguri” in the memo.

All donations need to be delivered to the parish office no later than 4 pm Monday, September 23rd.

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