MOORESVILLE — Father Mark Lawlor didn’t plan his anniversary party, but he did have the speech already written and ready to go in his back pocket.
That’s because he had been waiting for this opportunity for the past five years. He was ordained on June 3, 1995, but like so many of his brother priests in the diocese, he couldn’t celebrate his milestone 25th anniversary with his parish family because of the pandemic.
With his usual optimism, that made the get-together for the 30th anniversary of his priesthood twice the fun.
Father Lawlor loves potlucks and enjoyed one with 200 of his closest friends from St. Therese.
This is his eighth year serving as pastor, and he has been enjoying every bit of his ministry, loving Mooresville and his parish family.
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