Father Bluett going home
PHOTO BY MARY CANNADAY
Father Anthony Bluett, long-time priest at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, will be returning to his roots in Ireland next month. He is going to minister at a small parish near the village where Bluett grew up.
PHOTO BY MARY CANNADAY
Father Anthony Bluett, long-time priest at Holy Spirit Catholic Church, will be returning to his roots in Ireland next month. He is going to minister at a small parish near the village where Bluett grew up.
After 47 years in the priesthood in Florida, Father Anthony Bluett, of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, is returning to the rolling green hills of Ireland. Having reached mandatory retirement age with the Orlando Diocese, the sixty-seven year old priest is going home, and will live and minister in the village of Ard Patrick, only five miles from where he grew up.
“I have mixed feelings; it’s a big change,” Father Bluett said. Although looking forward to being among the many brother, sisters, nieces and nephews in County Limerick. “The people here have been wonderful to me. I’ve been blessed here.
