Commander Patrick J. McCormick Retires

On April 25, 2010, at the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe,Hawaii, Commander Patrick J. McCormick retires from active duty in the United States Navy. After 20 years of pastoral service to the men and women in the armed forces, Fr. McCormick enjoys the presence of family and friends who gather together for the Sacred Liturgy and for the military ceremony of retirement. A young man says, "Not every day that you get to experience such momentous ceremony." His pastoral and gentle presence touches many lives. He will be missed.

Aloha 'oe, aloha 'oe
E ke onaona noho i ka lipo
A fond embrace a ho'i a'e au
Until we meet gain





Commander Patrick J. McCormick, CHC, USN - 04 October 2005

Biographical Outline
Born in Erie, PA, youngest of five children.
(23 nieces and nephews, and 43 grandnephews and grandnieces)
Education:
Cathedral Prep School, Erie, PA; graduated June 1960
University of Notre Dame, BA degree; graduated June 1964
St. Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore, MD, attended 1964-65 school year
Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy; Licentiate in Sacred Theology Degree (STL); graduated July 1969
St. John’s University, Collegeville, MN, attended summer 1974
Civilian Catholic Priest:
Ordained to the Catholic priesthood, 20 December 1968, at St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome
Service in the Archdiocese of Atlanta, GA
Assistant Pastor at a Parish, 1969-73
Pastor, 1977-90
Seminary Professor; North American College, Rome; 1973-77
Military Career:
U.S. Army Reserve Officer, Corps of Engineers: ROTC Program at the University of Notre Dame.
Commissioned in USAR 06 June 1964, Corps of Engineers.
Honorably Discharged from the Army Reserve, Dec 1971.
U.S. Navy
RESERVE, 1986-90
ACTIVE DUTY:
NSO LaMaddalena, Italy; July 1990-June 1993
USS Constellation, North Island, CA; July 1993-June 1995
Naval Air Weapons Station; China Lake, CA; July 1995-July 1998
CFAY, Yokosuka, Japan; Aug 1998-Feb 2001
MCAS, Iwakuni, Japan; Feb 2001-Feb 2003
Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, HI; Feb 2003
Promotions:
LCDR, 01 Oct 1994
CDR, 01 Jan 2002
Awards:
Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal – 1
Navy Commendation Award – 4
Meritorious Service Medal - 1