Brother Gerald LaPresto, C.P. Holy Cross Province (1906-1991)

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Brother LaPresto was born on August 29, 1906 in St. Louis. His parents were Joseph and Josephine LaPresto. For some time he worked in a telegraph office. He never finished high school. He joined the Passionists after he met two Passionists, Father Adalbert Klemenscheskey and Father Charles Cassidy on a parish mission and after talking with Father Gerard Berry decided to join. He professed his vows as a Passionist on January 21, 1933. As a Passionist lay brother he did large painting jobs at the monasteries, cooked, or worked outside. He lived in Louisville, Kentucky and California and Chicago, Illinois.