Father Gerald Matejune, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1912-1999)

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Born March 26, 1912 in South Boston, Massachusetts, he met Father Alphonsus Urbanowicz. This led him to the Passionist Preparatory Seminary, Dunkirk, New York He professed his vows on August 15, 1931 and was ordained on May 30, 1938. He brushed up on his Lithuanian at Marianapolis College, Thompson, Connecticut. He did graduate studies in Rome. He was a preacher of Lithuanian- English missions. He lived his final years in West Hartford, Connecticut.