Gerald P. Kupris, is a member of the Order of Secular Discalced Carmelites in the Catholic Church He is a retired attorney living in rural Pennsylvania with Karen, his wife of forty-five years. Alt...ver maisGerald P. Kupris, is a member of the Order of Secular Discalced Carmelites in the Catholic Church He is a retired attorney living in rural Pennsylvania with Karen, his wife of forty-five years. Although his professional life has been rewarding -he has been the President of a state trade association and President of his own public affairs company-, it was through a profound spiritual growth within his Church, giving of himself through teaching, singing in a Latin Choir, being an altar server, a lector and an extraordinary minister of the Eucharist and completing his Dioceses Leaders in Ministry Formation program, that he has achieved a cathartic balance between the sacred and the profane.ver menos