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The window in the cry room is of Saint Gerard Majella who is the patron of childbirth and was donated by the Fred Michael family at the birth of one of their children. Other donations to the church after other births included the tabernacle now used during Good Friday services, and the Crucifix that before 1981 was used in the sanctuary and afterwards used for the processional during holy hour’s adoration of the Blessed Sacrament.
Saint Gerard was born at Muro, Italy, the son of a tailor in 1726, and in his youth, became a servant in the household of the bishop of Lacedonga.
He served as a tailor after the bishop's death and became known for his extraordinary supernatural gifts--bilocation, prophecy, ecstasies, visions, and infused knowledge. Saint Gerard converted many sinners and was widely known for his holiness and charity. He was falsely accused of lechery, served as a porter and ministered to the poor and raised funds for new buildings at Caposele where he died of consumption (tubeculosis) on October 15, 1755. He was canonized in 1904.
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