'Arrivederci, Father Bob!:' Pasadena parish celebrates rector of 42 years

'Arrivederci, Father Bob!:' Pasadena parish celebrates rector of 42 years

To celebrate Father Bob Gaestel’s retirement after more than four decades as rector, Pasadena’s Church of the Angels transformed its parish hall into a lively Italian restaurant for an old-fashioned spaghetti dinner. “Father Bob said he didn’t want anything fancy, so we took him at his word,” said senior warden Jim Gruettner. “But he didn’t say it couldn’t be a whole lot of fun.” For one night, the parish hall became Buca di Bob, glowing with re…