Fr. John Boddie's Headstone Blessing - 5/15/2010
Almost one year to the day of Fr. John Boddie's death, several of us parishioners of St. Elizabeth's drove down to The Church of the Visitation in Middlesex County for the blessing of Fr. John's headstone in the Visitation Cemetery.
Frances Pope, Kim Ford and I drove together and we met up with Sr. Cora Billings as we arrived at the church. Bishop Walter Sullivan participated with Pastor Fr. Robert Cummins, Jr. in blessing the stone. Fr. Robert Nash and Fr. Larry Mulhaney, an old friend of Fr. John, also took part in the ceremony.
Kim sang the same beautiful old spiritual, "How I Got Over" that she had sung at Fr. John's funeral last year. After the ceremony, the parishioners of Visitation provided a wonderful reception for the many people who came to honor their beloved former pastor on this day.
They and we are indeed thankful for Fr. John's life and ministry among the People of God.
Frances Pope, Kim Ford and I drove together and we met up with Sr. Cora Billings as we arrived at the church. Bishop Walter Sullivan participated with Pastor Fr. Robert Cummins, Jr. in blessing the stone. Fr. Robert Nash and Fr. Larry Mulhaney, an old friend of Fr. John, also took part in the ceremony.
Kim sang the same beautiful old spiritual, "How I Got Over" that she had sung at Fr. John's funeral last year. After the ceremony, the parishioners of Visitation provided a wonderful reception for the many people who came to honor their beloved former pastor on this day.
They and we are indeed thankful for Fr. John's life and ministry among the People of God.
May he rest in peace.
Labels: in memory of Fr. John Boddie
posted by mary ann @ Monday, May 24, 2010
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