Submitted photo The Silver Jubilee of Father Timothy Grassi, former Pastor of the Catholic community in Tucker County, will be celebrated Sunday.

TUCKER COUNTY – Father Timothy Grassi, former Pastor of the Catholic community in Tucker County, will be returning on Sunday, June 14 to celebrate his Silver Jubilee as a priest.

The parishioners from St. Thomas Aquinas in Thomas and Our Lady of Mercy in Parsons are warmly invited to attend the Solemn High Mass of Thanksgiving at 11 a.m. in Thomas, followed by a reception at the Hall.

Of his 25 years as a faithful shepherd, Father Grassi was blessed to have spent 17 years in Tucker County, (2004-2021) a place he often referred to as “God’s Holy Mountains.” It was here that he labored tirelessly for the souls God entrusted to him.

The entire community welcomed him warmly, officials said. It did not take long for both his Catholic parishioners as well as all area residents to realize what a “gift” God had given them. All were drawn to Father’s warm simplicity, his genuine humility, and his self-giving love of others. He became “Father Tim” to everyone, drawn by that warm smile.

But it was primarily his deep love of Jesus as evidenced in his priestly ministry that drew others to him. His daily prayer time (whether walking at Blackwater Park or the hilly streets of Thomas) was his special time with God, preparing him for the day’s work among his flock.

Father Grassi loves being a “priest” – praying the Holy Mass – his priceless gift. And now, he returns to share this gift with the Tucker County faithful once more.

Church officials say may God bless him abundantly with many more years of priestly service wherever that path leads him.

“Thou are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.” – Psalms 110:4