Our School Staff

In 1999, Father was assigned to open a mission in Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, serving as Pastor of Nuestra Senora del Carmen Parish and establishing a Summer Formation Program for seminarians to learn Spanish and immerse themselves in the culture.

Upon his return, Father Liam served as Pastor for eight years at St. Patrick Parish in Norristown and then for four years at Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in West Grove.

In 2015, along with another priest, Father Liam opened a “storefront church” called Mother of Mercy House, in the Kensington section of Philadelphia. This site served as the Church’s presence in an area where all the parishes had closed. The ministry reached out to the poor, underprivileged, homeless and immigrants in the area.

While loving his ministry, Father Liam always felt a pull towards reaching out to those who felt rejected by or left out of the Church. He felt drawn towards the LGBTQ+ community, to those who were remarried and others who longed for communion with God and the Church, but were barred from God’s table. His desire was to truly welcome all to the Table of the Lord so that they could feast on Love and be nourished by Love in order to discover themselves as truly loved and as part of the Family of God. Then they could put their own gifts at the service of the People of God. After years of struggle and prayer, Father Liam discovered he could best answer this divine pull by ministering at a wonderful, all-inclusive place like Saint Miriam Parish Community.

Father Liam enjoys reading theology and spirituality. Some of his favorite writers/thinkers are Teilhard de Chardin, Ilia Delio, Richard Rohr, Gerard Lohfink, and Brian McLaren. He also enjoys a good novel.

Father Liam also relaxes by playing piano, talking walks in the city and enjoying the company of good friends.

Father Jim was born and raised in Erie, Pennsylvania, the son of Ruth St George and the late Alton and . He has one sister, Andrea, who lives in their hometown with her husband, Glenn, and two children, Matthew and Stephen. Father graduated from college and became a licensed Funeral Director and returned to help run the family funeral home before going back to college to attend formal seminary in Washington, DC. In addition to his prior funeral and business professional experience, his career has allowed him to serve as a youth pastor, nursing home and hospice chaplain, and as a Certified Trauma Chaplain covering primarily trauma and triage emergency services. Father Jim served as a Trauma/Triage Chaplain at Lehigh Valley Hospital, a nationally recognized trauma and medical center in Allentown for seven years, the joining the Pastoral Care Team at Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia before becoming Pastor at Saint Miriam.

In addition to his serving as a Pastor, Father has served as an Adjunct Professor and Instructor at two Philadelphia area universities teaching in the areas of Ethics, World Religions, Philosophy, Introduction to Bible, Religion and Culture, Catholic Theology and Urban Studies and Justice. Father Jim has served on the Adjunct Staff for Community College of Philadelphia, Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia, University of Phoenix, and has lectured at The University of Pennsylvania and various churches and inter-faith groups in the Philadelphia region. 

Father Jim is an alum of Gannon University, Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science, Howard University, Howard University School of Divinity, and completed additional course study and received certifications at Virginia Theological Seminary, Catholic University, St. Louis University, Canterbury Cathedral International Studies Centre, the Benedictine Abbaye Notre-Dame du Bec in Le Bc Hellouin, Normandy France, once the most influential abbeys in the Anglo-Norman kingdom of the twelfth century, Sibley Hospital in Washington, DC, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, PA, and Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA, in Residency within Clinical Pastoral Education. Prior to attending seminary, he was also certified as an eye enucleationist and has worked extensively with transplant patients, living donors, and their families.

Father Jim was a Member of the American Academy of Experts of Traumatic Stress, where he maintained his Certification in Trauma Chaplaincy and as an Expert in Traumatic Stress. He also has been awarded the designation of Diplomate, in the American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress. He is also listed in The National Registry, The American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress and the National Center for Crisis Management and was a Member of the Association of Professional Chaplains. Father was also a member of the Order of Corporate Reunion under its founder, the late Bishop Peter Brennan.

Father earned his Doctor of Theology (NTh.D) from The New Theology School and serves as their Professor of Old Catholic Theology. He also published a collection of writings in a new book in 2022. Father is also a member of the Advisory Board for Clergy United Against the Death Penalty. 

Father is an avid CrossFitter and supports the work of Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue in honor of his own Goldens, Tucker, Friar, and Bailey, and Kipper! Father resides with his wife, Katelyn, and their two sons, Jameson and Caleb.