Father Gregory was ordained on December 17th, 1949.
Among the first names placed in Phase I of our Mary, Mother of Priests Tribute Garden was that of our long time chaplain, Father Gregory McCormick, s.P. A joyous, generous soul deeply imbued with the spirit of our Founder, right down to sharing Father Gerald’s penchant for word puzzles and acrostics in his homilies. Now that Father Gregory is in Eternity we feel comfortable sharing that he was the nonagenarian who we would catch sometimes after Mass in the sacristy genuflecting on both knees, bowing his forehead to the floor as an achingly beautiful, but temporary, farewell to our Eucharistic King. May he now be enjoying his King’s courts eternally.
Father Gregory really enjoyed dousing everyone with holy water.
Father Gregory’s 60th Ordination Anniversary Mass