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Fr. J. Gordon S.J. MORELAND

1932 - 2024

BORN

1932

DIED

2024

J. MORELAND Obituary

Los Gatos - Fr. J. Gordon Moreland, S.J. passed away on Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Sacred Heart Jesuit Center, Los Gatos, CA. Gordon was born on August 2, 1932, in Moxee City, WA. He entered the Society of Jesus on August 14, 1951, and was ordained on July 18, 1964. He was 91 years old and a Jesuit for 72 years.  He served on the staff of Mount St. Michael's, Spokane for two years and then director of novices (1968-1976). Gordon taught at Bellarmine Preparatory School, Tacoma (1957-1961) and Gonzaga Preparatory School, Spokane (1977-1980) before returning to Portland at the Loyola Renewal Center, (1980-1985) and was the founding director of the House of Prayer for Priests in Orange, CA (1986-2017).  Fr. Moreland is survived by his nephew, Patrick Moreland; grandnephews, Matthew and Charlie Kunkel, all of Spokane; nieces, Susan and Scott Hallett of Colfax, WA, and Barbara Hallett of Coeur d"Alene; as well as other nieces and nephews of the Portland and Puget Sound regions. Funeral Mass: Saturday, April 27, 2024, at 11:00 am at St. Aloysius Church, 330 E. Boone Ave., Spokane, WA.

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Published by Spokesman-Review on Apr. 14, 2024.

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C. Greene

April 20, 2025

Fr. Moreland offered a kind and gentle approach to gardening work and guidance (G. Prep.), imbued with an unwavering spirituality for which I'm grateful.

Paddy Inman

April 15, 2024

Father Moreland was my Latin teacher and school librarian at Bellarmine Prep in 1960-61. We reconnected in 1966 when he was on the staff of Mt. St. Michael's in Spokane. He was humorous, learned, spiritual, and mild-mannered while maintaining strong core spiritual values. I am fortunate to have made one more connection with him at our fifty-year class reunion at Bellarmine in 2014. Gordy, as we students called him, was exemplary of the excellent Jesuit scholastics we were so privileged to have as teachers and role models in high school. Their influence on our futures is immeasurable, and Gordy was among the best.

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