Father Gerald Fitzgerald, s.P.
We are happy to share some of our photos of our Founder, the Very Rev. Father Gerald M.C. Fitzgerald, s.P. His priesthood encompassed both the diocesan and religious life as well as that of a military chaplain in wartime and a founder of two religious communities dedicated to helping priests. You can read more about his life here.
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- Father’s Ordination Photo 26 May 1921
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- Father Gerald as a Holy Cross Priest in 1940.
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- Lieutenant Fitzgerald, Chaplain, US Army
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- Official photo of Lieutenant Gerald Fitzgerald, Chaplain, US Army, WWII
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- A 1944 photo of Father Gerald in his Army service dress.
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- Captain Fitzgerald on Miami Beach in the Philippines in 1944.
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- Father Gerald, the new founder, with the very first Handmaids in 1947.
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- Father Gerald Fitzgerald shortly after founding his communities in 1947.
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- Newspaper clipping from the first profession of vows in 1956.
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- Father Gerald with Mother Dolorosa
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- Father meets with Saint John XXIII in March 1961.
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- Archbishop Byrne of Santa Fe with the Apostolic Delegation visiting Father Gerald, sP and Mother Dolorosa, HPB.
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- Father Gerald saying Mass in Saint Anne’s chapel at Cor Jesu Monastery in Jemez Springs, NM.
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- Blessed Pope Paul VI and Father Gerald
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- Our Founder, Father Gerald Fitzgerald, sP.
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- Father Gerald visiting his Handmaids not long before his death in 1969.
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- Father Gerald’s original grave marker in New Mexico.