Monsignor Hamburger - May his soul rest in peace

From The State Newspaper:

"Donald Clarence Hamburger, a retired priest in the Diocese of Charleston, died on Saturday, December 18, in Columbia. He was 86.

"Monsignor Hamburger was born on June 28, 1918 in Celina, Ohio. He was a son of the late August Francis Hamburger and the late Estella Bernard Hamburger.

"Monsignor Hamburger attended St. Peter’s Parochial School and Wardlaw Junior High. He graduated from Columbia High School in 1935. Monsignor Hamburger attended seminary school at St. Gregory Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio and Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Norwood, Ohio.

"Monsignor Hamburger was ordained to the priesthood on July 14, 1946 by Bishop Emmet M. Walsh at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Charleston. He celebrated his first Mass on July 21, 1946 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Columbia. He was named Monsignor on September 12, 1963."

The diocese of Charleston lost a good priest this weekend. Msgr. Hamburger was a joy to spend time with. He was always happy. He wrote and self-published a book entitled "The Lamb of God Theme from the Bible". From reading this book I learned much about the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass and the various prefigurations of the Mass in Holy Scripture. Monsignor Hamburger suffered in his last years. Let us pray that his soul may soon be at rest in Christ's bosom.

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My brother-in-law's father James Rouvalis passed away yesterday. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace. Amen.

From the small holding in Bethune...

Oremus pro invicem!