Father Joseph Gietl

I remember with great joy and humility the exceptional experiences we share in Retrouvaille with Fr Joe. He was a great, down to earth man who always had his heart in Heaven. It was stare privilege to have known and loved him.

Master Sergeant Ed Mata,

Do you know that Fr. Gietl is buried in the VA Cemetery in Houston? He chose to be buried there instead of the Priests Cemetery. I led the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree Honor Guard at his funeral.

Peter Tan.

Father Gietl married me my first marriage. I remember his calming spirit during a very intense time in my life.

I still think of Father Gietl often. I miss his homilies. I miss the way he would talk about his life in his homilies. I miss his gruff personality when inside he was really a big, fluffy teddy bear. I miss Christmas Eve children's mass with him and how he would invite all the kids up to the altar and was so good with them. He was funny, firm, gentle, a quiet servant, a mentor to so many. I thank him for his service to this country and all the memorable homilies that inspired/made a...

It's been a year Fr. Joe. I miss you very much, especially those lunches you used to bump from me at Babin's. Please intercede for our intentions from Heaven.

May God Bless Father Joseph.
We met briefly in Quang Tri just before the 26th Marines were sent up to Khe Sang. I remember speaking to him about my twin brother Lewis who had entered Saint Joseph's Seminary at the same time I entered the Marine Corps in 1967.
Father Joe and I corresponded for several years at Christmas time and then somehow over the years we lost track of each other. If I am correct he was at the time in a parish in Wisconsin.
MAY GOD HAVE HIM IN HIS CARE IN HEAVEN

Rip Father Joe.

In Memoriam

I received my copy of Red Clay Today and learned that my friend Father Joe Gietl had passed away on August 17, 2013.

I met Joe Gietl in October of 1967 at Phu Bai South Vietnam while serving with the “G” CO. 2ndBN 26th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. Joe was assigned as a rifleman, Private First Class at the time. I was serving as First Sergeant and in dire need of someone with some college education to serve as company unit diary clerk. After reviewing several...

You have been missed here in Sweeny for many years. I have two pictures of you with my daughter in a white dress and veil. Her First Communion and her wedding. We felt so blessed to have you perform these two special and blessed occasions.