7/5/2023 0 Comments Chosen patricia haley![]() ![]() ![]() It was September 8th, the feast of the Nativity of Mary, and after Mass the children sang “Happy Birthday, Dear Mary”. Around 200 children, teachers, parents and others in the parish attended Mass that first day. In 1954 Saint Robert School opened its doors for the first time. Haire, pastor of Saint Michael Church before he left Michigan with a “colony” of Catholics intent on settling in the Dakota Territory. A small frame building was erected by parishioners on the corner of what is today M-13 and Coldwater Road. ![]() The first church was built around 1875 on a plot of land donated by Henry McCartney. No one kept records of the earliest years, but it is known that priests from Saint Michael Church in Flint journeyed through the village of Flushing in the 1850’s to offer Mass in pioneers’ homes. If the tradition is true that Saint Robert Parish had its origin in 1854 in an Irish settlement west of Flushing, then Saint Robert School is at least a century younger than the parish. School Administrator – Matt Ralbusky, Ed.Sĭominant School Organization Structure – Departmentalized ![]()
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