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After 20 years in service, Three Crowns Park—A Covenant Living Community no longer employs Gerry, as of July 22, 2025.
Gerry became President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club on July 1, 2025.
For business related to the former publications Gay Chicago Magazine, Chicago Phoenix, and Opus Media, please refer to legal counsel.
Gerry is currently on leave as editor of GoPride.com—Chicago’s LGBT news site.

President of Evanston Nouveau Rotary Club

Gerry is Chicago Health Care Hero 2020

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Gerry’s Blog.
Bishop Rojas shepherds flock away from ICE; releases obligation to attend Mass
Protestant leaders should follow his example to do whatever is in their power to provide Sanctuary—in all its meanings.
Bishop Barron is wrong for Chicago Catholics; Pope should look elsewhere for archbishop
He is no humble shepherd. He is a multimillionaire media mogul with a culture wars axe to grind.
Next Chicago archbishop is important to Protestants, too
I disagree with plenty of Catholic theology—especially on LGBTQ and women’s issues. So why should I care? The answer is simple: Chicago.
‘Fried Green Tomatoes’ embodies my own complicated faith and theology
This 1991 film about friendship, food, and small-town Alabama perfectly shows the kind of Christian love that shapes my faith, despite its complex background spanning different spiritual traditions through the generations in my family in the far-off Ilocos and Hawaii.
Openly gay Catholic priest walks into a room; receives standing ovation
In 2017, Father Greg came out publicly as a gay man. It was a moment that reverberated far beyond his parish walls.
An atheist brought me here; from altar boy to PCUSA presbyter
One of the most pivotal turns in my religious life didn’t come from a priest. It came from a section in our AP European History textbook, taught by an atheist, Darlene Pang.
Familiar Playbook: MAGA, nativism, and the disposable Catholic
MAGA’s ultimate religious identity is not Catholic—it is White Evangelical Protestantism cloaked in American exceptionalism.