Fr Frank Sutherland and Fr John Booth celebrated their Golden Jubilees of Ordination in July 2008.

Fr Sutherland was ordained on 13th July 1958 in Melchet Court, near Romsey in Hampshire. As a Salesian he taught in Malta and South Africa, Blaisdon, Aberdour, Shrigley, Bootle, and at Salesian College Farnborough, where he now lives. He celebrated his jubilee in Farnborough on Saturday 12th July.

Fr Sutherland (centre) is flanked by Fr Michael Winstanley (Provincial) and Fr Adriano Bregolin (Vicar of Rector Major)

On Sunday 20th July it was the turn of Fr John Booth, who lives in the Salesian Community in Bootle. Ordained in Bolengo, Italy, on 1st July 1958, he taught in Shrigley, Battersea, Bolton, Malta and Bootle until 1990, when he turned to rehabilitation work with young drug addicts.

Fr Booth (centre) after celebrating Mass with Fr Michael Winstanley and Fr Adriano Bregolin