Rev. Dennis Noelke, CSB

Father Dennis Noelke, CSB was raised in in a Catholic family in Detroit, Michigan with his two older brothers and two younger sisters by his parents, Paul and Elizabeth. While he doesn’t remember praying together as a family on a regular basis, his parents insisted that that they attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days and that each of their children attend Catholic school, despite the great expense to the family.

Dennis attended the Basilian-run Detroit Catholic Central and after school he worked at the Basilian residence. He was responsible for answering the telephone and often the Basilian residents would stop and chat. Through this experience, Dennis was able to interact with and get to know the priests outside of the classroom. He realized that although they were deeply religious, they were also ordinary people who were down to earth and rooted in the real world.