“Welcome, pilgrims,” Father Michael Breslin says, greeting newcomers with a smile. For more than half a century, that simple phrase has embodied his ministry – a ministry marked by compassion, hospitality, and devotion. Father Breslin, 86, celebrates his 60th anniversary of the priesthood this year and also retired earlier this month. Father Breslin, the youngest of four children, was born and raised in Roanoke. His family regularly attended Mass and were parishioners at Our Lady of Nazareth, Roanoke, where he was an altar boy from the time of his first Communion through high school. He also was a Boy Scout and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout; he was in the Order of the Arrow, which the Scouting website defines…