Exclusive: Msgr. Lincoln of Sacred Heart Church retiring in July
Longtime Palm Desert priest Monsignor Howard Lincoln is stepping down from Sacred Heart Church after decades of service to the parish.
Lincoln characterized the change as a retirement of sorts for him. After 20 years there, he hopes to move on to carry out community service here in the valley. I was going to leave actually last year and the bishop asked me to stay on one more year because of the pandemic, Lincoln said. It s a bit unusual for a priest to be at one parish for 20 years. I ll be 75 by then. And I think it s time to move on to maybe a different aspect of my life, but also it s fair to the parish. Maybe 20 years is enough of me; let s go to somebody else, who, in many ways is really more capable than I am.