Rev. Peter McCormick, C.S.C.

Biography

Rev. Peter McCormick, C.S.C., was appointed Assistant Vice President for Campus Ministry in the Division of Student Affairs in November 2022. In this role, Fr. McCormick oversees a staff of approximately 30 clerical, religious, and lay ministers tending to the spiritual needs of all Notre Dame students.

A native of Grand Rapids, Michigan, following his graduation from Grand Valley State University in 2000, Fr. McCormick entered Moreau Seminary and two years later professed his first vows in the Congregation of Holy Cross.

While in the seminary, Fr. McCormick worked at St. John Vianney Parish in Goodyear, Arizona, directing its Confirmation program, teaching mathematics in the parish school, and coaching fifth and sixth grade basketball. At the University of Notre Dame, he earned a master’s degree in divinity in 2006 and was ordained a Holy Cross priest the following year. He received his Executive MBA from Notre Dame’s Mendoza College of Business in 2015. From 2007 to 2013 he served as Rector of Keough Hall. He also served as Associate Vocation Director for Holy Cross from 2007 to 2010, the Associate Director of Campus Ministry until January 2015 before becoming Director, and the chaplain to the Notre Dame Men's Basketball team.