Enjoying the inaugural Alumni Tailgate and Tigers event is alumnus
Lawrence Paczkowski, left, and his wife Cynthia Paczkowski. They
are joined by friends David and Kym Nummer.
TAILGATERS CHEER ON TIGERS
T
he Tigers may have lost to the LA Dodgers (8-5, boo), but the
evening was a success for fans of the seminary. The first-ever
Alumni Tailgate and Tiger Game drew an “opening day” crowd
of fifty people on Friday, August 18. The event was hosted by the
Alumni Association, led by alumni director Fr. Paul Snyder (Class
of 2008, 2012) and assisted by new alumni relations manager
Emily Berschback.
The attendees celebrated the 4:30 PM tailgate party in the parking lot of the semi-
nary. The party featured traditional ballpark favorites—hamburgers, hot dogs, chips,
pop, and even included beer and wine.
Metro Cars provided transportation to Comerica Park in the very bus used by the
Detroit Tigers. Hope, the Tigers’ official driver, was the very driver, too. (There was no
chance of the bus getting lost—she has been the Tigers’ driver for seventeen years.)
William Sietz was so excited about attending the gathering that he flew in for the
party from . . . England! Mr. Sietz thought that combining his annual trip back to the
U.S. with the alumni event was a great way to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of his
graduation from the seminary high school, Cardinal Mooney Latin School.
“Sign me up for next year!” exclaimed Jack Dalzotto, a member of the Class of 2008
(Diploma in Pastoral Ministry). He called the alumni event “a wonderful evening of
fellowship” in which he enjoyed mingling with fellow alums he had studied with and
those he just met that day. “The food at the tailgate party was fantastic, too!” he said.
Emily, who is Sacred Heart’s special events manager, says the alumni association
board members were excited to launch this event and were pleased with the turnout.
“I’m glad we had the opportunity of the tailgate so our alumni could catch up
and get a chance to meet other alums. We are looking forward to making this a great
summertime tradition.”
Look for your invitation for the second annual Alumni Tailgate and Tiger Game
sometime in the spring. Go Tigers! Go Sacred Heart!
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Sacred Heart Major Seminary | Mosaic | Fall 2017
Grant
Eternal Rest
to These Sacred
Heart Alumni
Deacon Robert Rowland
SHS 1979
July 15, 2017
Msgr. Peter Lentine
SHS 1945
August 1, 2017
Fr. Leo Broderick
SHS 1952
August 7, 2017
Fr. Francis Martin
Former faculty member
August 11, 2017
Fr. A