Archbishop Gerety Lectures
Most Rev. Peter Leo Gerety, D.D. (1912-2016)
Peter Leo Gerety, the first of nine sons of Peter Leo Gerety and Charlotte Ursula Daly Gerety, was born on July 19, 1912, in Shelton, Connecticut. There he attended Commodore Issac Hull School and the Ferry Street School, graduating from Shelton High School in 1929. After working for the United States Department of Agriculture and the New Jersey Transportation Department, he entered St. Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield, Connecticut in 1932 as a candidate for the priesthood in the Archdiocese of Hartford.
In 1934, he was sent to Paris to complete his studies at the Seminary of St. Sulpice. After ordination in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris, Father Gerety returned to Connecticut and spent almost 27 years in parish work in New Haven, Connecticut. From 1942 until he was appointed bishop in 1966, his life as a priest was largely devoted to the service of the Black Catholic community of New Haven, developing what eventually became Saint Martin de Porres Parish.
In 1966, within a year of the close of the Second Vatican Council, he was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Portland, Maine, becoming diocesan bishop two years later. In 1974, Bishop Gerety was named Archbishop of Newark, a post he held until his retirement in 1986. Archbishop Gerety entered into eternal life on September 20, 2016, at the age of 104.
Archbishop Gerety Fund for Ecclesiastical History
The Archbishop Gerety Fund for Ecclesiastical History was established by the Most Reverend Peter Leo Gerety, Archbishop Emeritus of Newark, to advance studies in Ecclesiastical History, especially the history of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Among its various activities, the Fund sponsors occasional lectures and events. The Fund also sponsors annual awards for excellence in the study of the history of the Church for students of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology. In addition, the Fund sponsors awards for monographs on the history of Catholicism in the United States with special emphasis on the history of Catholicism in New Jersey.
The Lecture Series
| Title | Presenter | Date |
| From Immigrant Parish to Intercultural Church: The Ongoing Ecclesial Movement of U.S. Catholicism | Reverend Simon C. Kim, Ph.D. | 10/4/2017 |
| Reforming a Challenged Church: Six Lessons from Church History | Christopher Bellitto, Ph.D. | 4/14/2015 |
| Pope Benedict XVI Joseph Ratzinger on Politics | Reverend D Vincent Twomey | 10/23/2013 |
| 'Heaven-pointing' in Newark: The Architecture of the Cathedral-Basilica of the Sacred Heart in Context | Brian Regan | 4/24/2013 |
| The Roman Missal - A Moment in the Church's Liturgical Renewal and Evangelization | Reverend Arthur J. Serratelli, S.T.D., S.S.L., D.D. | 3/7/2012 |
| The Evangelical Catholic Moment: The Bible, The Eucharist and The New Evangelization | Scott Hahn, Ph.D. | 10/26/2011 |
| "The New Evangelization and Canon Law" | Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, D.D., J.C.D. | 3/30/2011 |
| Natural Law, God, and Human Rights | Robert P. George, D.Phil. (Oxon.), J.D. | 9/22/2010 |
| Providing Shepherds for Soldiers: A History of Catholic Military Chaplaincy in the U.S. | Reverend Mark Francis O'Malley, Hist.Eccl.D. | 4/21/2010 |
| Chesterton in America | Reverend J. Ian Boyd, C.S.B. | 12/2/2009 |
| North American Contributions to Catholic Theology | Rev. Gerard S. Sloyan, S.T.L., Ph.D. | 2/27/2008 |
| Vatican II and New Jersey: Perfect Together | Msgr. Raymond Kupke, Ph.D. | 10/24/2007 |
| Immaculate Conception Seminary: From 1860 to Today, From Bayley to Myers, From McQuade to Coleman | Msgr. Robert J. Wister, Hist.Eccl.D. | 3/14/2007 |
| Monks and the City: A Unique New Experience | Augustine J. Curley, O.S.B. | 11/15/2006 |
| The Popes and the Order of Culture: Leo XIII to Benedict XVI | Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. | 1/26/2006 |
| Queen of Angels: An Example of Evangelization in the African-American Community | M. Ward, Ph.D. | 11/12/2003 |
| Asian Catholics: Challenges and Opportunities for the Catholic Church in the United States | Peter C. Phan | |
| Catholicism in American Society At The Dawn of the 21st Century | Scott Appleby | 3/1/2000 |
| A Mass Murderer Repents: The Case of Rudolf Hoess, Commandant of Auschwitz | John Jay Hughes | 3/25/1998 |
| Trent and All That: Fifty Years Trying to Name It | John O'Malley | 3/25/1998 |
| Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs: Roman Catholic Liturgical Music in the United States Since Vatican II | Fr. Jan Michael Joncas | 10/17/1997 |
| Newman's Idea in the Minds of American Educators | Philip Gleason | 2/5/1997 |
| Pope John Paul II and the Role of World Religions in Politics | Robin Wright | 9/25/1995 |
| Making Sense of Ambivalence: The American Catholic Laity Since Vatican II | David O'Brien, Ph.D. | 10/14/1993 |
| A Marginal Jew: Retrospect and Prospect | John P. Meier | 2/18/1993 |
| A Century of Papal Representation in the United States | Rev. Timothy M. Dolan Kenrick | 10/15/1992 |
| Urban Pastoral Care of African-American Catholics | Rev. Cyprian Davis, O.S.B. | 10/10/1992 |
| Christopher Columbus and American Catholic Identity: 1880-1900 | Christopher Kauffman, Ph.D. | 2/20/1992 |
| History, the Concept of Tradition and Theology | James Hennessey, S.J. | 10/4/1990 |
| Newman and the Idea of Lay Movements | Ian Kerr | 1/1990 |
| The American Catholic Future: Creative Ways to End a Millennium | Martin E. Marty | 10/1989 |
| Bishop John Carroll and Women | Margaret Reher, Ph.D. | 1/30/1989 |
| Russia's Greatest Heretic | Jaroslav Pelikan, Ph.D. | 9/26/1988 |
| "Are They Not Men?" Las Casas and the Pro-Indian Movement in the Sixteenth Century | Rev. Stafford Poole, C.M. | 12/8/1987 |
| This Curious Thing: African-American Catholic Liturgical Development | Most Rev. Wilton P. Gregory, D.S.L. | 11/4/1987 |
| The Catholic Church And Her Universities: A View from History | Msgr. John Tracy Ellis | 11/3/1986 |