Rev. Gerald Augustin Lalonde C.S.B.

Peacefully at Toronto General Hospital on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 as a result of lung cancer. Fr. Gerry was born in Sudbury on August 28, 1937. He is predeceased by his parents Alfred and Mary and his brothers Ivan, Vincent, Denzil, Kenneth and Fr. Patrick CSB, and his sister Ovella. He is survived by his sister Margaret and by many nieces and nephews. In 1956 he entered the Basilian Novitiate. He was professed in 1957, educated at the U of St. Michaels College and St. Basil's Seminary in Toronto, Séminaire de Saint-Sulpice in Paris and ordained December 17, 1966. Fr. Gerry taught at Assumption College School (Windsor), St. Charles College (Sudbury) and St. Mary’s College (Sault Ste. Marie). He served at Holy Rosary Church (Toronto), Canadian Martyrs Church (Calgary) and Our Lady of Peace Church (Capreol). After a number of years living at the Basilian Fathers’ Residence, Orsini House, Fr. Gerry moved back to Capreol last summer, a place he loved dearly.

There will be a Wake Service in the Chapel of the Cardinal Flahiff Basilian Centre, 95 St. Joseph Street, Toronto on Thursday, June 16 at 7:30 PM. The Funeral Mass for Fr. Gerald Lalonde will be in the chapel on Friday, June 17 at 10:00 AM, followed by burial at the Basilian plot in Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery beside his brother, Fr. Pat.