Father MacKinnon celebrates 50 years of being a priest
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Father Donald MacKinnon
A Highland priest has celebrated 50 years as a clergyman by saying mass in a church close to his heart.
Father Donald MacKinnon grew up in Fort William before he was ordained at Oban’s St Columba’s Cathedral on April 15, 1971 by the late Bishop Stephen McGill.
Due to lockdown, he had a private service at St Mary’s in Fort William on the day of his anniversary.
But yesterday he was at St Mary’s in Arisaig to say mass and give thanks.
The Lochaber man has ancestral links in the village and he served there for six years from 1997, a time he says he has fond memories of.
Father MacKinnon celebrates 50 years of being a priest
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