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Gilbert J. Graham

Chicago, Illinois

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Graham, Fr., Gilbert J. O.P. Former Pastor of St. Jude Chapel in Downtown Dallas. Reverend Gilbert J. Graham, O.P., a gifted and beloved Catholic priest, died on Friday, June 20, at Resurrection Life Center in Chicago, Illinois of heart failure. For 59 years, Father Graham's inspiring ministry...

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Father Graham, I miss you. You inspired me in my early 20's, and I was sure you could read my mind and directed many sermons to me...later to discover all in the pews felt that way while listening to the Holy Spirit work through you. Also, thank you for baptising my "little pagans" into the faith. We love you and miss you.

I remember first meeting dear Fr. Graham when he visited St. Dominic's Parish in Denver, Colorado. I was just a small child and was in awe of someone who had traveled all the way from the Vatican...in Italy!! We became friends through my uncle, Fr. Gerald B. Morahan, O.P., aslo deceased, and then shared many wonderful weddings, etc.over the years through the Reedy and Galvin families in Riverforest and Dundee, Il. We will miss his wonderful rendention of "Danny Boy". Can only imagine the...

goodby to my dear friend....we will all miss Father...a dear and trusted friend.....much loved by our entire family.

Jack & I are saddened by the passing of a GREAT priest! He was always upbeat, kind, funny and could sing beautifully! He was a spiritual mentor to both of us and we both loved him; he was very spiritual. We'll never forget him, he will be in our hearts forever.

"You never know the day nor the hour.." But he was ready. I used to ask him if he had any trips planned for the summer. He would always say, "I don't know, maybe the Big One." His passing is a celebration and his life an inspiration on how we should all live and the outlook and disposition we should all share. My wife and I were celebrating our fifth anniversary in Valdez, Alaska when we heard the news. Father Graham had married us five years earlier. On Sunday, the small church we attended...

A truly great man and wonderful priest, in the old-school, Irish parish priest mold. Over the years he was a great blessing to me and my family, and he baptised my son, Ryan, and gave him his first Holy Communion.
He has been missed since he left Dallas, and I was very sad to hear of his death.However,I'm happy for him, for I'm sure he has already been greeted by the Lord Jesus with the words" Well done, good and faithful servant, enter into thy reward"
Requiescant in pace,old...

We have learned so much from Father Graham. He was a great communicator and we were the benefactors of his choice to follow the Dominicans.