Gerard Thomas Straub

Gerry Straub had a long and distinquished career as a network television executive and producer in New York and Hollwood; he produced dramatic series that have aired on CBS, NBC, and ABC. He went on to write and direct over 20 documentary films focusted on the plight of the poor in such poverty-stricken nations as Kenya, Uganda, Haiti, Brazil, Peru, Honduras and El Salvador, as well as films on the homeless in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Detroit.

Mr. Straub is the author of nine books. "The Sun & Moon Over Assis" was named the "Best Spirituality Hardcover Book of the Year" in 2001 by the Catholic Press Association. "The Loneliness and Longing of Saint Francis" was a 2015 winner in the Spirituality category of the Association of Catholic Publishers' "Excellence in Publishing Awards"

Gerry also taught a course on television writing and directing at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. He has spoken at more than 240 Catholic churches, high schools, and universities across the U.S., as well as in Canada, France, Italy, and Hungary. He has been awareded three honorary doctorate degrees in recognition of his tireless work on behalf of the poor.

Gerry lives primarlily in Port-au-Prince, Haiti where he operates the Santa Chiara Children's Center, a home for 45 abandoned and displaced kids. He has a small apartment in Ft. Pierce, Florida. He is married to Stephanie Jean-Louis Straub, M.D..