The 70th Jubilee Mass of Monsignor Cletus Hawes has been scheduled for Sunday, May 1 at 11 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Church, Wexford. In addition to celebrating 70 years as a priest, Monsignor Hawes is also celebrating his 95th birthday. There will be an Open House in the parish hall from 12-3 p.m. All are welcome to attend the Mass and Open House.
Cletus Joseph Hawes was born March 28, 1927 to John and Ellen (Conway) Hawes of Wexford, rural Lansing. He was baptized March 29, 1927 in Immaculate Conception Church, Wexford. Following the tragedy of his father’s sudden death May 9, 1935, his mother raised him and his siblings on the family farm.
Cletus Hawes graduated from Loras College, Dubuque in 1948 and from St. Mary Seminary in Baltimore in 1952. He received his sub-diaconate at St. Mary’s Seminary June 13, 1951. Father Cletus Hawes was ordained a priest April 26, 1952 in Christ the King Chapel at Loras College, Dubuque.