60 Years as Priest: Father Sylvester Kleinschmidt

Father Sylvester Kleinschmidt celebrated his 60th year as a priest today, with a Mass at 5:00 p.m. Apparently he was concerned that nobody would show up.


We don't generally have such fancy handouts at Mass: but this was a special occasion. June 3, 2010.


Father Sylvester Kleinschmidt's 60th anniversary as priest, Our Lady of the Angels Church. June 3, 2010.

There were a few open spots in the pews: but not many. I squeezed in near the front.


I'll see if I can get a better picture of these. June 3, 2010.


Knights of Columbus, 4th Degree. As a rule, we get our work done in ordinary clothes: the 4th Degree is for ceremonial occasions, like this. June 3, 2010.


I think I counted 15 priests up there, including Fr. Kleinschmidt. Definitely over a dozen. June 3, 2010.

There's a lot of parallels here: the same priest who gave the homily at Fr. Kleinschmidt's first Mass gave the homily tonight; Fr. Kleinschmidt's first mass was at this Church - and there was a dinner afterwards then, as there was tonight.

I didn't go, though. There was work to be done.

And, now, there's sleep to be slept. I plan to come back to Fr. Kleinschmidt's 60th again in this blog.

Related post, in another blog:

• "Coming Next: Memorial Day Weekend"
  Sauk Centre Journal Blog (May 26, 2010)
  Particularly the paragraph starting with "The Sauk Herald has a nice writeup on Father Sylvester Kleinschmidt...."