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The statue of Saint Gerard Majella, the "Mothers' Saint, was sent to the Jerry Spatola Family and the St. Gerard Ladies Guild and the Men's Society of Newark by the Redemptorist Fathers of Materdomini, Italy (the site of the International Shrine of St. Gerard) 35 years ago. Now, through the generosity of the Spatola Family and the Ladies' Guild and Men's Society, it will grace our Parish Church here at Saint Aloysius.
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Good Saint Gerard, powerful intercessor before the throne of God, wonder-worker of our day, I call upon you and seek your aid. You know that our marriage has not as yet been blessed with a child and how much my husband and I desire this gift. Please present our fervent pleas to the Creator of life from whom all parenthood proceeds and beseech Him to bless us with a child whom we may raise as His child and heir of heaven. Amen.
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