Father Shane (left) with Bishop Lee (right)
Father Shane Patrick Gormley
Father Shane has been the Priest in Charge at St. Peter's since July 2016. He was ordained in 2012 and moved to Chicago in 2013. In addition to being our Priest, Father Shane is also a full-time Ph.D. Candidate at Loyola University Chicago, where he is working on his dissertation in New Testament studies. He also teaches undergraduate courses in Theology and New Testament.
Father Shane Grew up in upstate New York, and has since lived in Wisconsin, New Mexico, and New Jersey. He has an M.Div. from Nashotah House Theological Seminary and a Th.M. in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary. From 2013 to 2015 he served as Curate at Church of the Ascension. Before moving to Chicago he served as an associate priest at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Trenton, NJ, and was assistant to the chaplain at the Episcopal Church at Princeton University.
In addition to teaching and studying at Loyola, and serving St. Peter's, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, and a good book (J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, particularly). His dissertation focuses on the transformation of the concept of "discipleship" in the early years of the Christian movement, with especial reference to 1 Peter and other Christian literature of first-century Asia Minor.
Father Shane has been the Priest in Charge at St. Peter's since July 2016. He was ordained in 2012 and moved to Chicago in 2013. In addition to being our Priest, Father Shane is also a full-time Ph.D. Candidate at Loyola University Chicago, where he is working on his dissertation in New Testament studies. He also teaches undergraduate courses in Theology and New Testament.
Father Shane Grew up in upstate New York, and has since lived in Wisconsin, New Mexico, and New Jersey. He has an M.Div. from Nashotah House Theological Seminary and a Th.M. in New Testament from Princeton Theological Seminary. From 2013 to 2015 he served as Curate at Church of the Ascension. Before moving to Chicago he served as an associate priest at St. Michael's Episcopal Church in Trenton, NJ, and was assistant to the chaplain at the Episcopal Church at Princeton University.
In addition to teaching and studying at Loyola, and serving St. Peter's, he enjoys hiking, kayaking, and a good book (J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis, particularly). His dissertation focuses on the transformation of the concept of "discipleship" in the early years of the Christian movement, with especial reference to 1 Peter and other Christian literature of first-century Asia Minor.
