24/08/2026
70 ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐น๐บ ๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ. 45 ๐๐ฌ๐จ๐น๐บ ๐ถ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฌ๐น๐ฝ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฌ.
๐ถ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฌ๐จ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ญ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐ฌ๐ต ๐ป๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ซ.
๐๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐, ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ 70๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ ๐ฃ, ๐๐ฎ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฃ๐ต๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐ฝ! ๐๐
Seventy years of life is more than just a number it is a beautiful collection of stories, memories, relationships, and countless lives touched along the way.
For 70 years, you have been many things to many people: a son, a brother, a friend, a mentor, a priest, a shepherd, and a father to many. And for us in the parish, you have become our very own Papa P, our little sunshine who never fails to bring joy, laughter, and warmth wherever you go.
And then there are 45 years of service, 45 years of faithfully answering Godโs call. Forty-five years of celebrating with people in their happiest moments, standing beside them in their most difficult ones, offering prayers, giving guidance, and simply being present. A life poured out, little by little, for God and His people.
In Scripture, 70 is often associated with fullness and completeness, making this milestone a beautiful reminder of a life overflowing with Godโs grace. And perhaps the greatest measure of those 70 years is not in the number of years lived, but in the number of hearts reached, lives touched, and people who can say, โ๐ฐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐.โ
Your 45 years of priestly service remind us that a vocation is not simply a title it is a lifelong โyesโ to God. A yes lived through 45 years of love, sacrifice, joy, patience, and faithful service.
Father P, thank you for being more than our parish priest. Thank you for being a father to many, a source of wisdom and comfort, and yes, our very own source of sunshine and laughter.
May the Lord who called you continue to sustain you, bless you with good health and abundant joy, and grant you many more years to laugh, serve, inspire, and love.
70 ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
45 ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐.
๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐.
๐จ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐.
๐จ๐๐
๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐.
โ๐ป๐จ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ฉ โญ๐ฌ๐ช๐ช๐ฒ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฌ๐ซ
