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St. Joseph’s Honors Clergy As Part Of Year For Priests
Published: November 26, 2009
Father John Walsh, pastor of St. Joseph Church, Marietta, elevates the body and blood of Christ during the Nov. 12 Mass in celebration of the Year for Priests. All priests who served there over the years were honored. (Photos by Michael Alexander)
Current and former priests on hand at the Year for Priests Mass included (l-r, front row) Father Michael Sherliza and Father Omar Loggiodice, parochial vicars at St. Joseph Church, Marietta; Father Jose Duvan Gonzalez, parochial vicar at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, Alpharetta; Father Tuan Quoc Tran, administrator of the Holy Vietnamese Martyrs Mission, Norcross; and Marist Father Lawrence Schmuhl, retired; (l-r, back row) Father Herman Quevedo, parochial vicar at St. John the Evangelist Church, Hapeville; Marist Father William Seli of St. Vincent de Paul Church, Wheeling, W.Va; Father John Walsh, pastor of St. Joseph Church; and Father Paul Burke, parochial vicar at Holy Spirit Church, Atlanta.
In the narthex of St. Joseph Church, parishioners view the descriptive presentations chronicling the priests who have served at the Marietta church over the past 57 years.
Marist Father Lawrence Schmuhl extends a special blessing over the children standing at the foot of the altar. Father Schmuhl served as St. Joseph pastor from 1981-1985.
