Jubilee! A series
in celebration of service

Published: December 31, 1969

Click on a headline below to read about priests profiled in Arkansas Catholic during their priesthood jubilee year.

Msgr. Sebaugh's parents prayed for a priest in the family
Msgr. Thomas Sebaugh, 50th anniversary in 2009

Priest served as teacher, pastor, chaplain before retirement in 2007
Father Placidus Eckart, OSB, 60th anniversary in 2009

'Every parish has become my family,' Msgr. Kordsmeier says
Msgr. John Kordsmeier, 60th anniversary in 2009

Father Hart got confirmation all along: He could be a priest
Father Gregory Hart, 25th anniversary in 2009

Father Hilary Filiatreau still serves at age 87
Father Hilary Filiatreau, OSB, 60th anniversary in 2009

From railroad to rural life, Father Burnie reflects on priesthood
Father James "Jim" Burnie, CSSp, 25th anniversary in 2009

Carmelite spends 50 years in parishes, teaching spirituality
Father Raphael Kitz, OCD, 50th anniversary in 2009

Nearing 85th birthday, Bishop McDonald grateful for priesthood
Bishop Emeritus Andrew J. McDonald, 60th anniversary in 2008

Father Keller says 1989 conversion led him back to traditions
Father Thomas Keller, 50th anniversary in 2008

Father Hugh well-known by Subiaco students for 50 years
Father Hugh Assenmacher, OSB, 50th anniversary in 2008

Priest moved from Nashville to Subiaco
Father Brendan Miller, OSB, 25th anniversary in 2008

Spiritan priest gives back after missionaries evangelized him
Father Gregory Mallya, CSSp, 25th anniversary in 2008

Celebrating Mass for 50 years a highlight for Father Rossi
Father Raymond Rossi, 50th anniversary in 2008

Priest a founding member of African ministry
Father Camillus Cooney, OSB, 50th anniversary in 2006

Monk influenced by Franciscans, Benedictines
Father Victor Gillespie, OSB, 50th anniversary in 2006

Scranton pastor: Vocation 'grew gradually'
Father Denis Soerries, OSB, 50th anniversary in 2006

After 60 years as a priest, Father Enderlin finally slows down
Father Joseph Enderlin, 60th anniversary in 2006

Msgr. Marczuk: 25 years, 493 baptisms and 11,396 Masses
Msgr. Scott Marczuk, 25th anniversary in 2006

Bentonville pastor says job is to empower staff, parishioners
Father Michael Sinkler, 25th anniversary in 2006

He planned to become a professor, but God had other plans
Father Clayton Gould, 25th anniversary in 2006

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