James McCorristin of County Derry. Ireland. he studied for the priesthood at St. Charles Seminary in Catonsville. MD. and St. Marys Seminary in Baltimore. On June 2. 1928. he was ordained a priest for the diocese of Trenton. and shortly thereafter. was appointed secretary to Bishop McMahon. bishop of Trenton. Monsignor McCorristin played his first major role as a community builder in the 1930s. when he was stationed at Morris Hall Nursing Home in Lawrenceville. NJ. He won the allegiance and love of the local community. mainly Italian immigrants. when he helped them build their first church. St. Anns Church in Lawrenceville.
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