Longtime associated with Malvern Retreat House of St. Joseph's-in-the-Hills, where he gained renown for his outstanding literary and oratorical ability, Father James Gibbons served as pastor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary church of Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Celebrating the parish's diamond jubilee in 1957, he passed away on September 16 of the following year and was laid to rest in the hills of Malvern on the grounds of his beloved retreat house.
Longtime associated with Malvern Retreat House of St. Joseph's-in-the-Hills, where he gained renown for his outstanding literary and oratorical ability, Father James Gibbons served as pastor of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary church of Port Richmond, Philadelphia. Celebrating the parish's diamond jubilee in 1957, he passed away on September 16 of the following year and was laid to rest in the hills of Malvern on the grounds of his beloved retreat house.
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