Brotherhood of Blessed Gérard

Chronicle of May 2007

3 May - 4 June 2007: Father Gérard goes overseas to

join the British Association of the Order of Malta at the SMOM Lourdes Pilgrimage (4-10 May)
- 8 May 2007: During the Lourdes pilgrimage our honorary dedicated member Miss Lillian Molloy is decorated with the Cross of Merit with Crown of the Order of Malta, awarded by the grandmaster of the Order of Malta for her special merits in supporting the Brotherhood of Blessed Gerard - and conferred by the president of the British Association of the Order of Malta Prince zu Loewenstein.
visit our benefactors in the Newcastle area in the U.K. (11-16 May)
- 12 May 2007: Holy Mass and get together with our benefactors John Crook and the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish at Whitley Bay who made supporting us their Justice & Peace parish project.
- 13 May 2007: Services at Newcastle Cathedral
- 14 May 2007: A big and a little Benedictine at Newcastle: Basil Cardinal Hume (monument) and Fr. Gerard
  
  Fr Gerard visits our members Fra Mathew Festing, the Grand Prior of the Grand Priory of England of the Order of Malta and Peter Loyd, the Hospitaller of the British Association of the Order of Malta and his wife.
- 15 May 2007: It was a great privilege that Fr. Gerard could hold the original book of hours of Blessed Adrian Fortescue in his own hands as a guest of the Grand Prior Fra Mathew.
  
  Fra Mathew and Lillian Molloy show Fr. Gerard a state of the art rehabilitation facility of the St. John Care Trust
visit family and friends in Germany and (17-27 May).
- Confirmation of Fr. Gérard's niece Elisabeth on 19 May 2007
- First Holy Communion of Fr. Gérard's nephew Andreas on 20 May 2007
- May devotion with sermon at Manching on 20 May 2007 at 19:00 hrs.
- decorate meritorious supporters of our work with decorations, which the Grand Master of the Order of Malta has conferred onto them:
  - Award Ceremony at Neuburg on 22 May 2007, 19:30 hrs:
    - the "Cross pro piis meritis" of the "Order pro merito Melitensi" to Dean Vitus Wengert of Neuburg
    - the Silver Medal of the "Order pro merito Melitensi" to Mr Johannes Lagleder, Mrs Albertine and Mr Hans Sporer of Neuburg
  - Award Ceremony at Rudelzhausen on 26 May 2007, 18:00 hrs:
    - the "Cross pro piis meritis" of the "Order pro merito Melitensi" to Father Georg Weinzierl of Steinbach.
- celebrate his Silver Jubilee of Priestly Ordination with his home parish on Pentecost Sunday, 27 May 2007
  - 18:30 hrs Holy Mass at Niedermünsterkirche in Regensburg
  - afterwards reception at Ulrichshaus in Prinzenweg in Regensburg
join his ordination class for a jubilee tour to East Germany marking their 25th anniversary of priestly ordination (28 May - 2 June)