Father Gary is celebrating his 30th anniversary as a priest. What a feat in today's times! And, he's great at his craft. My church is very lucky and blessed to have him as our current Pastor!
When Mom was the parish secretary, I think her love of baseball and enthusiasm for the game rubbed off on Father Gary. Mom would get Father to go to some Indians Games with her...they'd have a nice dinner up in the Terrace Club. And the rest is history! He is now a huge baseball fan and Indians fanatic!
His family, friends, and parishioners are well aware of his 'hobby!'
So in honor of his anniversary, the parish threw him a 'surprise' baseball party with all the fixin's! We had the freshly grilled hotdogs lathered with authentic ballpark mustard and the works.....popcorn....snacks.....and 3 festive baseball decorated cakes. Father Gary had kinda figured this part out. What we were able to keep a surprise was his main gift: an authentic Indians' jersy with his name on the back! It fits! He loves it and vows he will wear it to the games!
Happy Anniversary, Father Gary! Many more and hopefully those 'many more' will be right here at OLP!
When Mom was the parish secretary, I think her love of baseball and enthusiasm for the game rubbed off on Father Gary. Mom would get Father to go to some Indians Games with her...they'd have a nice dinner up in the Terrace Club. And the rest is history! He is now a huge baseball fan and Indians fanatic!
His family, friends, and parishioners are well aware of his 'hobby!'
So in honor of his anniversary, the parish threw him a 'surprise' baseball party with all the fixin's! We had the freshly grilled hotdogs lathered with authentic ballpark mustard and the works.....popcorn....snacks.....and 3 festive baseball decorated cakes. Father Gary had kinda figured this part out. What we were able to keep a surprise was his main gift: an authentic Indians' jersy with his name on the back! It fits! He loves it and vows he will wear it to the games!
Happy Anniversary, Father Gary! Many more and hopefully those 'many more' will be right here at OLP!
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