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Offline Mat183

Gary Potter R.I.P.
« on: September 29, 2025, 09:28:00 AM »
Gary Potter Has Died, May He Rest in Peace - Catholicism.org

Gary Potter Has Died, May He Rest in Peace

Longitime friends of Saint Benedict Center, attendees of our annual conference, and readers of Catholicism.org will be saddened, as we were, to learn of the death of our old friend and collaborator, Mr. Gary Potter.

Today, I was informed by his daughter, Veronica, that Gary died on September 9 at the age of 86 from complications due to pneumonia. Having received the Last Rites of Holy Mother Church, he died peacefully at home in Frederick, Maryland, surrounded by family.

We will post an obituary in this space when we receive it. (As we will be on the Pilgrimage for Restoration this weekend, this update will have to be delayed to next week.)
We ask those whose lives this great apostle of Christ the King touched to have Masses and other prayers offered for the repose of his gentle soul.

Gary’s articles may be accessed here on this site. His numerous presentations at our conference may be purchased here in various formats. Three of his books are available here.

In 2019 Charles Coulombe, Gary’s longtime friend, wrote a four-verse poem dedicated to him that caught something of the complex and integrally Catholic spirit — at once tender, melancholy, deep, and triumphant — of man we all very much loved:
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[color=rgba(104, 104, 104, 0.87)]Our hopes for early glory fail,
The causes that we fought for die;
Still avidly His Cross we hail,
In silhouette against the sky.[/color]
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Gary Kent Potter
June 8, 1939 — September 9, 2025
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Gary Kent Potter
Gary Kent Potter, 86, of Washington D.C., passed away on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, at home.


Born on June 8, 1939, in California, he was the son of the late Max Ardra Potter and Edna Atteberry Potter. He was the husband of the late Virginia Elizabeth Potter.
He was a dedicated apostle of Christ the King.

Gary grew up in the San Francisco Bay area. He attended The Pasadena Playhouse, a professional theater academy and college; then spent two years sailing in the Merchant Marine and another four living in France, where he discovered the Catholic Faith and became a convert. Following Baptism into the Church, he lived in New York. He relocated to the District of Columbia and married his wife, Virginia.

Gary began his career in Catholic journalism in 1966 as a founding editor of Triumph magazine. He also wrote for and edited Truth & Justice and CCPA News & Views (the publication of Catholics for Christian Political Action). Articles by Gary Potter have appeared in National Review, Human Events, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the National Catholic Register, Faith & Reason, The Wanderer, The Remnant, The Angelus, and numerous other places. He authored In Reaction, a series of Catholic essays. He wrote three books After the Boston Heresy Case, As it is in Heaven, and Young Tony & the Priest. Gary was also a gifted speaker and enjoyed presenting at various Catholic conferences.

Surviving Gary are daughter Veronica Potter Kosch, son-in-law John Kosch, and three grandsons, Max, Jack, and Gavin Kosch.

A Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of Mr. Potter’s soul Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 11:00 am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church located at 2665 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008. Interment will be private.

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Offline Matthew

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Re: Gary Potter R.I.P.
« Reply #1 on: September 29, 2025, 11:26:26 AM »
Admit it -- when you saw this thread, you thought about Harry Potter at some point.
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Offline WorldsAway

Re: Gary Potter R.I.P.
« Reply #2 on: September 29, 2025, 11:52:41 AM »
:pray:
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Offline Boru

Re: Gary Potter R.I.P.
« Reply #3 on: September 29, 2025, 11:54:40 AM »
:pray: May he rest in peace.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: Gary Potter R.I.P.
« Reply #4 on: September 29, 2025, 01:05:12 PM »
Quote from: Mat183 on September 29, 2025, 09:28:00 AM
A Requiem Mass will be offered for the repose of Mr. Potter’s soul Saturday, November 29, 2025 at 11:00 am at St. Thomas the Apostle Church located at 2665 Woodley Rd NW, Washington, DC 20008. Interment will be private.

It's not readily apparent whether this was a TLM or not, but Novus Ordo rites are usually called "Mass of Christian Burial" (yuck!), and not Requiem Masses.

Hope it was a TLM.  Requiescat in pace.
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