Wednesday, June 10, 2009

June 2009 Breakfast meeting - Saturday 06/13/09

All men and women of the parish are invited to help us celebrate Father Al Scott's 50th anniversary of the priesthood at our June Catholic Men's Fellowship Breakfast.

Father Scott is a native of Los Angeles. He studied at Loyola High School and Loyola Marymount University.He completed his seminary studies at St. John's in Camarillo and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles in 1959.

Father Al spent 35 years teaching religion at St. Monica's High School in Santa Monica, St. Bernard's High School in Playa del Rey, St. Anthony's High School in Long Beach and St. Joseph's High School in Lakewood.He is now devoting the majority of his time to parish ministry at St. Cyprian's Parish in Lakewood, CA.

Previous to Fr. Al's move to St. Cyprian's, the community of Our Lady of Refuge in Long Beach was fortunate to have Fr. Al as an Associate Pastor and member of our parish family. As a priest among us, Fr. Al consistently challenged all of us to make a difference in our community. He encouraged us to practice simple acts of kindness, and to care for our personal temples, spirtually, mentally, and physically. Like a tenacious personal trainer, Fr. Al reminded us weekly from the pulpit to establish and keep regular patterns of prayer, physical excersize, and spiritual reading, to become, as author and speaker Matthew Kelly puts it, the best version of ourselves.

Father Al is especially dedicated to working with the homeless, the elderly, the poor, people who have alcohol and drug abuse problems or who are serving time in prison.

Please join us as we start the day with 8 am Mass in the Church, followed by breakfast, fellowship and a celebration of a true man of Christ and a dear friend to the people of Our Lady of Refuge. Please invite all family members and friends who would like to celebrate with us.

NOTE: Fr. Al's Grandfather, Joseph Scott, a brilliant lawyer and orator, was know as "Mr. Los Angeles." Click Here to read more on this great Catholic man.

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