On Sunday, Sept. 28, Archbishop Weisenburger celebrated the 50th anniversary of Our Lady of the Woods Parish in Woodhaven with a Mass that included clergy, servers and longtime parishioners at the Downriver parish. Fr. John Leo Phalen, 94, the parish's founding pastor, and Fr. Robert Johnson, the parish's current priest, concelebrated the Mass with the archbishop. Fr. Phalen also celebrated the parish's first Mass on Sept. 6, 1975.
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