Sad News

I'm sorry to report that my brother Gerard passed away at 3AM on Nov. 18 [2004]. His failing heart just gave away. He leaves behind many friends and a great deal of positive impact.

He managed to do things in his last years no one would ever think a person in his health could do. In fact, he had just returned from a trip to Amish Country with our sister the afternoon of his death.

A funeral mass will be held in St. Benedicts of Baltimore on Monday. Other arrangements are still not finalized.

- Bill Bugge

Goodbyes

Donna, of Quenta Narwenion, informed me that Gerard, of A Catholic Blog For Lovers and caretaker of St. Blog's Parish, had died. I must confess that I didn't know him well. I tried to help him set up RSS for his blog. We never did get that working for him. I read all my regulars through RSS these days, so I haven't read his blog in quite some time.

Anyhow, I've only ever heard good things about him and, regardless of whether or not we were friends, it's sad when a parish loses a loyal, long-time member. As a tribute to Gerard, I've collected links to posts about his death from other members of St. Blog's.

- Eric Williams

Open Book (Amy Welborn)

The Curt Jester (Jeff Miller)

Quenta Narwenion (Donna Lewis)

Living Catholicism (Jay Allen)

Dei Gratia (Josh LeBlanc)

Catholic Light (Sal Ravilla)

Catholic and Enjoying It! (Mark Shea)