After several years of private discernment, I would like to announce to you with great reverence and care that, with the blessing of my religious community the Sisters of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity (SOLT) and the Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, his Excellency Jeffrey S. Grob, I am officially entering into a time of public discernment of the foundation of a new religious community, Friends of the Bridegroom. 

The pathway here has been richly blessed by the wisdom and guidance of my spiritual director, my superiors, the competent ecclesiastical authorities, and so many dear friends and advisors. 

As many of you know, my years of work in the area of healing, as well as my work with religious sisters, general superiors, bishops, and priests have allowed me to see and experience the need and ache for the ongoing healing and renewal of our clergy and religious sisters. 

For the past three years, I have served as the Executive Director of Friends of the Bridegroom with Fr. John Burns. Friends of the Bridegroom is an apostolate that seeks to renew the Church through the renewal of religious life and the priesthood. It has been a profoundly blessed time, and the Lord has continually stirred a desire in all of us in the apostolate to discern the foundation of a new community of priests, religious sisters, and laity who would work toward this important renewal.

During this time of public discernment, the Friends of the Bridegroom ministry and my public activities connected with this discernment will remain under the pastoral care and oversight of Archbishop Jeffrey Grob, Archbishop of Milwaukee. I am deeply grateful for his willingness to accompany and guide this discernment during this important time.

I am truly grateful for the support of so many people over the years and I continue to count on your prayers and support as we discern this very important step. During this time of public discernment, I remain a Sister of good standing with SOLT and will continue to wear the SOLT Sisters habit. 

Once again, I extend my tremendous gratitude to Sister Mary Aloysius of Jesus, SOLT General Sister Servant, her General Council, and Archbishop Jeffrey Grob. 

Please pray for the renewal of the priesthood and religious life.