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May 28, 2025

Woodstock’s Bill Kearley to be ordained a priest on May 30 By Susan W. Murray news@thewoodstockindependent.com As he reflects on his life as a Marine, husband, father, caregiver, widower, deacon, and grandfather, 66-year-old Bill Kearley sees God’s hand gently nudging him – much as he and his four siblings used to lie on the sidewalk […]

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