PRESS RELEASE/
Our Lady of Albanians and St. Paul’s Albanian Catholic church, in equal partnership with St. Thomas Albanian Orthodox church, Albanian Islamic Center of Harper Woods, Albanian Bektashian Monastery of Taylor, all Albanian-American organizations as well as the entire Albanian-American community of Metro Detroit, are proud to announce the first Albanian-American Memorial Day Festival, to be held at Hart Plaza, Downtown Detroit.
The festival will be on Saturday June 4 th and Sunday June 5 th 2016, starting at 2pm and ending at 11pm.
Festival visitors will enjoy our authentic Albanian traditional foods, as well as all American favorites.
*All profits from this year’s festival will go to benefit Mother Teresa’s Sisters of Charity in the city of Detroit. Today, their needs to serve the poorest of the poor in the City of Detroit are ever more demanding.*
Admission is free and all are welcome to attend!
E PLURIBUS UNUM!!
-For further information contact Mr. Pllumaj (248) 212-2979
Or Dr. Gjelaj at (586)-231- 1046
Albanian American Festival 2016
June 4 th &5 th 2016
Hart Plaza, Detroit
To all Albanians and their friends,
This is a great day for all of us. It is just the start.
With this Albanian-American Memorial Day Festival we are: Begging a process, planting seeds, and bridging differences.
Our goal is to achieve our national reconciliation and unity for future generations of Albanian Americans to celebrate and build on.
Our pledge and our commitment to preserve and protect our national identity and our rich cultural heritage are, and must remain unwearied forever! Albania, our fatherland, and America, our beloved adapted country, are and will forever remain inseparable in our hearts.
May God bless and protect us all!
Let’s celebrate, and let’s have fun the Albanian way!
Albanian American Festival 2016
4 th & 5 th of June, at Hart Plaza, Detroit
Our goals for this 2016
Festival are:
First: To promote unity of all Albanians around the world, so we can proudly celebrate our multidimensional, rich Albanian heritage and our distinctive national pride.
Second: Celebrate life and legacy, on the most solemn occasion of Mother Teresa’s canonization as a universal symbol and inspiration of love and compassion.
Third: On this Memorial Day Weekend, we reaffirm our perpetual gratitude and our appreciation to the American people and to the United States government for their support and their true friendship. America, beacon of hope and light to the turbulent world, Albanians will never forget your support!