This weekend marks a double celebration for Catholic priest Fr. Michel de Verteuil.
On June 5, Fr. Michel celebrates his 80th birthday and this coincides with the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood.
A member of the Holy Ghost Congregation, he is now based at the Fatima Community, Fatima College, Mucurapo Road, Port of Spain. Fr. Michel distinguished himself as a leader when he was Rector of the Seminary of St. John Vianney and the Ugandan Martyrs at Mount St. Benedict in the 1960s and 1970s. Among his prized students are Fr. Clyde Harvey, Fr. Christian Pereira and Ronald Tagallie who is no longer a priest.
He was recognised internationally for his teachings using the Lectio Divina Method of Meditation, (easily googled) and travelled far and wide to share his knowledge. He established the Archdiocesan Pastoral Centre at the Chaplaincy in St. Augustine. For years the Centre served as the backbone for outreach and teaching in the Catholic Church. Every year in the first week of August, hundreds of parish activists and parish council members came together at Mount St. Benedict for Liturgy School.
Many young people rallied around Fr. Michel, a fine mind and leading thinker in the local Church.
In the 1990s, Fr. Michel took over the editorship of the Catholic News and transformed it from a drab publication to a modern newspaper. He served as editor until he resigned four years ago.
Congratulations to Fr. Michel for the wonderful work he has done in all the rural communities around Trinidad and Tobago.
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