By Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Pax Christi USA Teacher of Peace
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton gave the following homily June 3 for Fr. Michael Donovan, the pastor of St. Donald Parish in Roseville, Mich., who is celebrating his 50th year in the priesthood.
It is, for me, a great honor, privilege and a joy to be here today to celebrate with Father Mike the 50 years that he has given of his life to serve God’s people and to serve God as a priest. We all rejoice with Father Mike and give thanks to God for him. He has asked me to, through the reflection today, which I’m very happy to do. … I spent this week trying to prepare this homily, and I felt very much like I did way back in the 1950s, when I was at St. John’s [Provincial Seminary in Michigan] before Father Mike was.
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