ather Jacques Clemens attends a mass at St. Benoit church in Nalinnes, Belgium, July 10, 2016.
Posted on 07/10/2016 11:50:34 AM PDT by NYer
ather Jacques Clemens attends a mass at St. Benoit church in Nalinnes, Belgium, July 10, 2016.
NALINNES, Belgium A strict daily routine is the recipe for a long life, according to the world's oldest priest, Belgian Jacques Clemens, who will celebrate his 107th birthday on Monday.
Clemens, who has also celebrated his 80th anniversary as a Catholic priest, gets up every morning at 5.30 a.m. and goes to bed at 9.00 p.m.
When Clemens was about to retire at 75, his bishop asked him to remain in service until they found a successor - he only stopped holding regular church services at his parish in the southern Belgian village of Nalinnes last year.
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God bless him! Some more photos at above link. Catholic ping!
George Burns is kind of a role model for me. I think he kept regular habits too.
Have NO IDEA what your comment means.
Seventeen years old is no way to go through life, son. Time to grow up.
Fr. Leonard Kostka celebrated his 102nd birthday this past April. He is the oldest priest in the Society of the Precious Blood, CPPS. He was profess and chaplain at St. Joseph’s College of Indiana. He celebrated The Mass at my class’s 40th Anniversary 6 years ago.
Let’s see.... a few less very fun years, or a few extra austere and severe years.....
Every story about a centenarian includes his advice about living a long life.
The fact is, these people have no clue why they have lived so long.
Never once have heard was say eating vegetables avoiding trans-fat or any other liberal garbage liberals push was their miracle.
God bless him!
Oldest living Bishop.
Peter Leo Gerety (born July 19, 1912) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Newark, NJ from 1974 to 1986, having previously served as Bishop of Portland, Maine (1969–74). At age 103, he is currently the oldest living Catholic bishop in the world.
It’s always the empty barrels that make the most noise, I’ve noticed...
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1. I do too.
One can usually figure out who the Catholic haters are on this site. They show their cards, so to speak, very quickly when they bash some person who's devoted 4/5 of his life to Jesus.
2. Lol. That doesn't seem to be the ticket for long life. The ticket seems to be a genetic gift from God, good, clean living and some luck...if one believes in in.
True enough.
We had Sisters of the Precious Blood at our parish in Oklahoma.
Just as often, they recommend a daily bottle of scotch and a box of cigars.
Or, “stay active,” which is sort of like: “Play basketball. It makes you taller.”
Looks great at 107!
Just as often, they recommend a daily bottle of scotch and a box of cigars.
Or, “stay active,” which is sort of like: “Play basketball. It makes you taller.”
107 years!
Wow!
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