Sponsors

Serving as Honorary Co-chairs for the Gala were Lia and Jim Farley, Group Vice President Marketing and Communications for Ford Motor Company. Helen and Tarik Daoud, President of Al Long Ford, served as Dinner Co-chairs.

Title Sponsor for this year's Gala was Ford Motor Company; the Knights of Columbus Michigan State Council served as Event Sponsor.

Due to growing popularity of the Cardinal's Gala, the reception was moved from the Grand Hallway to the spacious Plaza Ballroom.

Teresa Tomeo—popular author, syndicated Catholic talk show host and motivational speaker—emceed the evening.

During the dinner program, our guests had the opportunity to view "Fishers of Men," the vocation video distributed by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Raffle Winner

Please join us in congratulating Mr. Theodore Sakhleh of Livonia, the lucky winner of the Gala raffle, a 2008 Shelby GT500 donated by Ford Motor Company and the Metro Detroit Ford Dealers! Mr. Sakhleh's winning ticket number was 0862317.

Supporters

Many of Sacred Heart's seminarians and lay students attended this year's Gala, giving our guests the opportunity to visit with these priests and lay ministers in training.

When thanking the Gala's many supporters Sacred Heart's Rector/President, Msgr. Jeffrey M. Monforton, said,

"As a Catholic educational institution, Sacred Heart is impelled to hand on the treasure of our Catholic faith to all those desirous of the Good News. As the culture of the day provides challenges and questions which can disrupt or compromise the faith of our brothers and sisters, we endeavor to communicate with all that Christ is our hope."

See You Next Year!

We look forward to seeing you all at the Cardinal's Gala 2009 on Wednesday, June 10th, at The Ritz-Carlton in Dearborn!