Georges Tourquetil celebrates fifty years as a priest

Many parishioners in the Vierville sector surrounded Father Georges Tourquetil on a Sunday afternoon for the fiftieth anniversary of his ordination. About fifteen priests, including from the Deanery of Aure and the surrounding area, celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving in a crowded church.

Born in 1917 and ordained in 1943 after the small and then the grand seminary, he had chosen the priesthood while his teacher imagined him as a teacher. His parish priest had invited him to become a male fisherman.

He had been an educator for eleven years with the Petits Clercs de Sainte-Thérèse de Lisieux, then worked for fourteen years in Saint-Pierre-la-Vieille, Saint-Lambert, La Villette and Périgny. He accompanied in particular the teenagers and young people of the JAC du Bocage.

At Molay-Littry, he had joined the pastoral team with Fathers Rousseau, Prodhomme and Beaudoin. After a serious illness leading to a disability, he had continued his mission as a confessor in Saint-Pierre de Caen, then for eighteen years with the nine parishes of the Vierville sector. He had also been dean of the Aure for several years.

The seventy-six-year-old priest thanked those who had prepared this day and expressed his affection to them. After a wine of honor and the delivery of a souvenir gift, more than a hundred people shared the evening meal with him.

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