Southshore Advent Morning of Reflection

Sister Judy Gomila, a native of New Orleans, is a Marianite Sister of the Holy Cross will serve as speaker and Father Jody DiMaggio (Parochial Vicar at St. Clement.) will celebrate Mass. The reflection theme is “Mary, Our Advent Role Model."

She holds a Masters in Theology and Religious Studies from St. Paul University, Ottawa, Canada.  She began her service to the church as a classroom teacher, then as a Director of Parish Education.  Sister Judy has ministered in the inner city, on the bayou and in the Alaska bush.  She worked as adjunct staff at Notre Dame Seminary for 16 years and then with the Society for the Propagation of the Faith for over a decade.  Sister Judy was the first woman appointed to the National Board of the Pontifical Mission Societies in New York.