Holy Spirit Parish History
1979 - Bishop Kenneth Povish appoints Fr. Charles Irvin to establish a new parish in southeast Livingston County. Masses begin at the VFW hall on Spicer Road. "Church of the Holy Spirit" is chosen as our name.
1980 - Bishop Povish receives the title to our building site from Mrs. Beatrice Hruska
1981 - Ground breaking ceremony for the Parish Center (now the Activities Center). Later in the year Bishop Povish celebrates the Mass of Dedication of our new building
1982 - Bell Tower Erected
1987 - Fr. Paul Cummings is appointed pastor. "Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church" became the official name of our parish
1992 - Construction of our sanctuary is completed. Fr. Paul and Fr. Charlie concelebrate the Mass of Dedication with Bishop Povish. Fr. Paul oversees the opening of the Book and Gift Shop
1996 - Bishop Carl Mengeling appoints Fr. Timothy Krzyzaniak as pastor
1997 - Knights of Columbus Council 7891 is established. Grotto to our Blessed Mother dedicated (with school building construction, this grotto was dismantled in 2014)
1998 - Dedication of the Memorial to the Unborn (later relocated to the cemetery)
1999 - Fr. William Thomas is appointed as pastor
2002 - Holy Spirit School opens
2003 - Perpetual exposition and adoration of the Blessed Sacrament begins
2005 - Fr. Steve Makranyi is appointed as our Canonical Administrator and the parish cemetery is opened
2007 - Bishop Mengeling appoints Fr. John Rocus as our new pastor
2008 - The first display of the Shroud of Turin exhibit at Holy Spirit
2012 - Dine With Jesus sculpture is erected in the Serenity Court
2015 - Bishop Earl Boyea dedicates the new school building
2017 - The Trinity Trail prayer path is established
2019 - Holy Spirit Parish celebrates our 40th anniversary
2020 - Ms. Gwenis Laura became principal of our school just before the pandemic. Our school swiftly moved into remote learning and the students and teachers were able to complete the school year without skipping a beat. School opened in September for in-person instruction and remained that way
2022 - Holy Spirit School celebrates our 20th anniversary