Past Presentation Venues
The following are the colleges, high schools, and grammar schools
Gerry has visited and shown films:
University of Notre Dame in Indiana (2x)
St. Bonaventure University in upstate New York (6x)
University of Dayton in Ohio (3x)
Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy (4x)
Villanova University in Philadelphia
Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles (2x)
St. Francis University in Loretto, Pennsylvania
Canisius College in Buffalo, New York (2x)
Wheaton College in Chicago
Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia (5x)
Mount Mercy College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (3x)
Siena College in Loudonville, New York
Cabrini College in Philadelphia
Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan
Holy Family University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island
University of Buffalo in Amherst, New York (2x)
The Catholic Theological Union in Chicago
Alvernia University in Reading, Pennsylvania
Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington
The University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Adelphi University in Garden City, New York
Villa Maria College in Buffalo, New York
The Umbra Institute in Perugia, Italy
The Emmanuel Community (4,500 young people) in Paray-le-Monial, France
Christ the King Seminary in East Aurora, New York (3x)
Nazareth College in Rochester, New York
Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois
Bishop Hendricken High School in Providence, Rhode Island (3x)
St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY (2x)
St. Mary’s Diocesan High School in Lancaster, New York
Hamburg High School in Hamburg, New York
Mission College Prep in San Luis Obispo, California
Village Christian High School in Sunland, California
Catholic Memorial High School in Boston, Massachusetts
Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island
LaSalle Academy in Providence, Rhode Island
St. Mary’s Bay View Academy in East Providence, Rhode Island
Mount de Sales Academy in Macon, Georgia
Ursuline Academy in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Thomas Aquinas High School in Dover, New Hampshire
Beaumont School in Cleveland, Ohio
St. Ursula Academy in Toledo, Ohio
St. Francis High School in Toledo, Ohio
Fr. Judge High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Conwell-Eagan Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Lexington Catholic High School in Lexington, Kentucky
St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Illinois
Fr. Gabriel Richard High School in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Immaculate Heart High School in Hollywood, California
St. Martha’s Grammar School in Louisville, Kentucky
St. Agnes Grammar School in Louisville, Kentucky
St. Thomas Academy in Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. John’s Jesuit High School in Toledo, Ohio
St. John Vianney High School in St. Louis, Missouri
Louisville High School in Woodland Hills, California
St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows, New York
St. Anthony’s High School in So. Huntington, New York
St. Francis High School in LaCañada, California (4x)
Aquinas Institute in Rochester, New York
Bishop Alemany High School in Mission Hills, California (2x)
Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Central Catholic High School in Bloomington, Illinois
Diocese of Rochester (NY) Youth Retreat
Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York
Central Catholic High School in Bloomington, Illinois
Cardinal Leger Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, Canada (2x)
Beckman Catholic High School in Dyersville, Iowa
Clearwater Academy in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Bishop Diego Garcia High School in Santa Barbara, California
Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio
St. Joseph Academy in Cleveland, Ohio
The following are the churches Gerry has visited and shown films:
Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey (Trappist, Kentucky) (Thomas Merton’s Monastery)
St. Charles Borromeo Church in Los Angeles, California (3x)
Blessed Sacrament Church in Los Angeles, California
St. John Nuemann Church in Santa Maria, California (2x)
St. Francis of Assisi Church in Silver Lake, California
Holy Family Church in South Pasadena, California (2x)
St. Raphael Church in Santa Barbara, California
Old Mission Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California (2x)
Mission San Juan Bautista in San Juan Bautista, California
Mission Santa Ines in Solvang, California (2x)
St. Sebastian Church in Santa Paula, California
Faith Lutheran Church in Canoga Park, California
Religious Education Regional Conference in Santa Barbara, California (4x)
National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco, California
Temple Judea in Encino, California
Seventh Day Adventist Media Center in Simi Valley, California
Holy Trinity Church in Washington, DC
Corpus Christi Church in New York, New York
St. Mary of the Angels Church in Williamsville, New York
Kuntze Memorial Lutheran Church in Omaha, Nebraska
Salvation Army Headquaters in Omaha, Nebraska
Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Kentucky
Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, Arizona
Pallottine Renewal Center in Florissant, Missouri
Our Lady of Good Counsel Church in Detroit, Michigan) (2x)
St. Francis of Assisi Church in Raleigh, North Carolina (2x)
Christ Lutheran Church in Valencia, California
St. Joseph University Parish in Buffalo, New York
Evangelical Lutheran Church Association Youth Gathering (San Antonio, TX)
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Lake View, New York
Incarnation Church in Glendale, California
St. Paul the Apostle Church in Los Angeles, California
St. Matthew’s Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
American Martyrs Church in Manhattan Beach, California (4x)
St. Mary Magdalen Church in Camarillo, California (3x)
St. Jerome Church in Westchester, California
Holy Redeemer Church in Montrose, California
Nebraska Lutheran Synod in Fremont, Nebraska
Our Lady of the Rosary Cathedral in San Bernardino, California
St. Pius X in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Hiawatha, Iowa
Pastoral Life Center of the Diocese of San Bernardino, California
St. Paschal Baylon Church in Thousand Oaks, California
L.A. Religious Education Regional Congress (Anaheim, California) (3x)
Pax Christi Church in Lexington, Kentucky
St. Bonaventure Church in Huntington Beach, California
Holy Name of Jesus Church in Redland, California
Good Shepard Church in Holbrook, New York
Mary Immaculate Church in Bellport, New York
St. Anthony Church in Casper, Wyoming
St. Martha’s Church in Louisville, Kentucky
Highland Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky
St. Thomas More Church in Narragansett, Rhode Island
St. Mark’s Church in Jamestown, Rhode Island
St. Patrick’s Church in Edina, Minnesota
St. John Neumann Church in Eagan, Minnesota
Guardian Angels Church in Oakdale, Minnesota
Bethel Lutheran Church in Encino, California
St. Aloysius Gonzaga Church in Buffalo, New York
Padre Serra Church in Camarillo, California (2x)
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in San Diego, California
Holy Family Church in West Union, Iowa (2x)
The Church of the Assumption in Rochester, New York
St. Mary’s Church in Bloomington, Illinois
Christ the Good Shepard Ukrainian Catholic Church in Toronto, Canada
Our Lady of Assumption Church in Ventura, California
“The Well” Retreat Center in Chicago, Illinois (Sisters of St. Joseph)
Blessed Sacrament Church in Buffalo, New York
St. Gabriel’s Church in Buffalo, New York
St. Mary’s in Waverly, Iowa
Motherhouse of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Dubuque, Iowa
St. Patrick’s Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Christ Our Savior Parish in Struthers, Ohio
“River’s Edge” Retreat Center in Cleveland, Ohio (Sisters of St. Joseph)
Martin de Porres Center in Columbus, Ohio (Dominican Sisters)
Gerry Straub has also led day-long retreats on the theme of poverty and prayer in California, Arizona, Missouri, Illinois, Ohio, Connecticut, New York, Minnesota and Assisi, Italy. He gave a series of day-long retreats for the staff of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. He has also spoken at national conferences for religion teachers and campus ministers held in Maryland, Ohio and Indiana. Gerry has given his presentation to the Trappist monks at Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky and to the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn in New York City, as well as at gatherings of Secular Franciscans in Minnesota, Illinois and New York. In August 2009 he gave a presentation at a gathering of over 5,000 young people in Paray-le-Monial, France. He also gave a presentation at the prestigious Orbis Books Speaker’s Series in Maryknoll, New York. He has given presentations to Legatus chapters in Ann Arbor, Michigan and Pasadena, California.
In March of 2008, Gerry’s film The Patients of a Saint was screened at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. In November 2013, scenes from Gerry’s films were shown at the elaborately beautiful Uránia National Film Theater in Budapest, Hungary. In May 2014, Gerry was the keynote speaker at the National Association of Catechetical Media Professionals (NACMP) congress in St. Louis. In October 2014, Gerry was the keynote speaker at the XXVI Annual Conference for Catechesis and Ministry for the Diocese of Victoria in Texas.