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SCARBOROUGH – More than 50 Maine priests, including the Rev. Daniel Greenleaf, pastor of Prince of Peace Parish, in Lewiston, joined parishioners at St. Maximilian Kolbe Church on Sept. 24 to celebrate the gift of priesthood as well as the ordination anniversaries of many of their priests at the annual Jubilarian Mass honors.
Priests celebrating special anniversaries since their ordination to the priesthood, particularly those commemorating 25 or 50 years as a priest. The jubilarians in attendance on Friday accounted for almost 1600 years of priestly service, and the celebration was twice as big this year as anniversaries in 2020 and 2021 were honored due to the cancellation of last year’s Mass as a result of the pandemic.
“It is a good thing that we do as we gather to honor these good men whose anniversaries we mark today,” said Bishop Robert Deeley, who celebrated the Mass on Friday. “It is also good for all of us to give thanks for the gift of the priesthood. We give thanks for the gift of all our priests and the bonds of fraternity that creates among us.”
Greenleaf, the pastor of Prince of Peace Parish in Lewiston, Sabattus, and Lisbon Falls, was honored for 25 years in the priesthood.
“I still consider myself as a newbie in the priesthood until I connect with those who have been ordained 10 years or less and then I realize I am one of the older priests to them,” said Fr. Greenleaf. “God has been really good to me, blessing me with amazing experiences in the priesthood. All I have is gratitude.”
Priests celebrating their 65th anniversary of ordination in 2020 or 2021 are the reverends Raymond Auger, Antony Mullaney, Sylvio Levesque, Harold Moreshead and Hubert Paquet. Priests celebrating their 60th anniversary of ordination in 2020 or 2021 are Msgr. Charles Murphy and the reverends Antonio Amato, Alfred Jacques, Richard Rice, Philip Tracy and James Roy. Priests celebrating their 55th anniversary of ordination in 2020 or 2021 are the reverends Albert Roux, Roger Chabot, Vincent Mellone and Roger Chabot. Priests celebrating their 50th anniversary of ordination in 2020 or 2021 are the reverends Joel Cyr, Alfred Irving, John O’Hara, C. James Martel and David Schlaver. In addition to Greenleaf, celebrating their 25th anniversary were Mnsgr. Andrew Dubois and the reverends Fred Morse, William Modlin, Jacques Dolbec and Aurelijus Gricius.
