Name: Beaver Island holds a farewell gathering for Father Pat Cawley, 2011
Start: 2011-06
End: 2011-06
Location: Holy Cross Parish Hall

Event

Date: 2011-06
Kind: Celebration
Where: Holy Cross Parish Hall
Eras: Modern era
Concepts: religioncommunitycelebration
Within: Beaver Island

Summary

The June forum announcements describe an all-Island retirement party on June 19, with a social hour, food, music, and a roast, and identify June 26 as Father Pat Cawley’s last scheduled Mass. The July 2011 Beaver Beacon then reports that a parish-hall gathering was held on the eve of his departure after fifteen years serving Beaver Island, with music, songs, a potluck meal, and testimonials.

Evidence limits

The report documents the community gathering, but not attendance, the full retirement or assignment record, or the outcome of Father Pat’s planned travel.

Sources

See the sources block above.

Sources

Holy Cross Parish and community organizers, "Fr. Pat's retirement celebration," Beaver Island Forum, June 13, 2011.
The parish/community reminder describes the June 19 party as open to everyone, with a social hour, food, music, and a roast, and says June 26 would be Father Pat's last Mass. This confirms the planned program and scheduled Mass, not attendance or the complete retirement record.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003587
Holy Cross Parish and community organizers, "Fr. Pat's Retirement book" and "Fr. Pat's photo album," Beaver Island Forum, May 12–31, 2011.
The forum call for messages and photographs announced a June 19 retirement party and coordinated a memory book before Father Pat’s departure. It establishes planned community preparations, not attendance or the final contents of the books.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003425
Diane McDonough and participants, "Father Pat's Photo Album" and "Father Pat's Photo Album needs your photo!," Beaver Island Forum, May 13–31, 2011.
The organizers requested dated and identified family, sacramental, Island, and community-event photographs, offering drop-off and mail options before Father Pat's departure. This documents the memory-book project and preservation effort, not the final book contents.
forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003428.md; data · forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 03 · t003507
Beaver Beacon, July 2011, "Father Pat."
Reports a parish-hall farewell on the eve of Father Pat Cawley's departure, with music, songs, a potluck, and testimonials about his fifteen years serving the Island. It does not establish attendance or a complete retirement record. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon
Beaver Beacon, July 2011, held issue PDF, source scan.
The held July issue scan confirms the farewell report.
data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2011-07_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island holds a farewell gathering for Father Pat Cawley, 2011”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-father-pat-cawley-departure-2011/, accessed [date], citing Holy Cross Parish and community organizers, "Fr. Pat's retirement celebration," Beaver Island Forum, June 13, 2011. (and 4 further sources listed on the page).

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