Father Hugh J Gillespie SMM

April 16, 2019

Father Gillespie is the Preacher and Retreat Master at Montfort retreat houses in Litchfield, CT, and Bay Shore, NY. He is responsible for planning and presentation of weekend retreats and programs of formation in the spirituality of St. Louis de Montfort. His ministry includes itinerant preaching of parish missions, days of renewal and recollection in English and Spanish, Youth retreats and Catechetical programs for youth and adults. He is the author of Preparation for Total Consecration according to St.Louis de Montfort and Presenting Total Consecration (DVD). Fr. Gillespie is Acting Director at the Shrine of Our Lady of the Island. He serves as the Managing Editor of Montfort Publications, and National Moderator of the Association of Mary, Queen of All Hearts.

Fr. Gillespie is the Spiritual Director of The Legion of Mary Regina Cordium Praesidium. He was born in Jim Thorpe, PA. He graduated from Weston Jesuit School of Theology, MDiv, STL in Systematic Theology. He was ordained in 2006 at St. Mary Gate of Heaven Church, Ozone Park, NY.