Bro. Gerard (Jerry) A. Sullivan, S.M. died in the service of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August 3, 2024, at the age of 93 and with 73 years of vowed life. He was the oldest of three children born to Gerard C. and Loretta M. (Boyle) Sullivan on October 3, 1930, in St. Louis, MO.

He was preceded in death by his brother James, and his sister Mary Elizabeth.  He is survived by his cousins Kathi Kaiman Peterson, Gee Kaiman, and Thomas Kaiman.

After completing Chaminade High School St. Louis, he entered the Marianist Novitiate in Galesville (Marynook), WI and professed his First Vows on August 15, 1950.  He earned a bachelor's degree in social studies and a master's degree in education from St. Mary's University in San Antonio.  He completed a two-year program in drug and alcohol counseling at San Jose State University.

Bro. Jerry's teaching career began in Texas, at Central Catholic H. S. in San Antonio and St. Joseph High School in Victoria. Throughout his teaching ministry in the U.S., he served in St. Louis, Illinois, Milwaukee and Rockaway, New York. He also spent 12 years teaching in Lima and Callao, Peru. In addition to the teaching ministry, Bro. Jerry spent three years doing pastoral work in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. From 1989 to 1991, he was a jail chaplain for the Santa Clara County Department of Corrections in the diocese of San Jose, C. For five years, he served on the youth retreat team for the Marianist Retreat Center in Eureka, MO, and served in Hispanic ministry from 2002-2005 in Charlotte, NC.

"My vocation has been an incredible adventure, and I wouldn't trade any part of it. I get on my knees every night and thank Mary and God for the wonderful gift of my vocation," he says.

Bro. Gerard retired in Baltimore, where he lived until 2011, when he moved to the Marianist Residence in San Antonio. Here he exemplified a ministry of prayer until his death.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Memory of Bro. Sullivan to the Marianist Mission, Mt. St. John, 4435 East Patterson Road, Dayton, OH, 45430-1033

Funeral Arrangements:

Sunday, August 11, 2024         7:00 PM Rosary Service

Monday, August 12, 2024        4:00 PM Mass of Christian Burial

Both Services at Marianist Residence Chapel - St. Mary's University

(Please wear a mask.)

Interment at the Marianist Cemetery after the Mass.

No Reception will follow because of recent Covid cases.

Both Services will be Live Streamed:

https://marianist.com/live or http//www.kaltura.com/tiny/0i4mq