Resident Ministry

The Resident Ministry program is comprised of lay and religious adults, known as “Resident Ministers,” as well as "Jesuits-in-Residence," who live in the residence halls to help foster a supportive community rooted in the university's Jesuit values.

Contact a Resident Minister or Jesuit-in-Residence any time to schedule an appointment
for spiritual conversation and/or the sacrament of Reconciliation.

Resident Ministers

Ken Weber picture Mr. Ken Weber
Associate Director of Ministry
Biever 346
kweber@loyno.edu
504-865-3167

Ken has served in ministry for over 15 years, the first three at Spring Hill College (the Jesuit university in Mobile, Alabama), and the rest at Loyola. Ken's academic training is in opera performance, having obtained a Bachelor of Music degree from Boston College and a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory. His ministry leadership experience began by directing music for Masses in high school (Loyola High School in Los Angeles). He spent several years freelancing as a professional opera singer before continuing his ministry career at Loyola New Orleans. Ken also spent time as the coordinator of vocal studies at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and as a music teacher at Ursuline Academy. Ken enjoys helping students discover the value of Ignatian spirituality and the joy of living a values-centered life.

Meet and chat with Ken at his weekly "Sweet-n-Greet" in the Biever Hall lobby every Tuesday at 9 p.m.

Christine Johnson picture Ms. Christine Johnson
Graduate Assistant for Awakening
Buddig 612
cvjohnso@my.loyno.edu
504-865-2141

Christine is a New Orleans native and graduated from Loyola in 2014 with a bachelor of music therapy. Following graduation, she worked as a board-certified music therapist in adult, inpatient mental health settings. For the past four years, she has taught high school theology at Mount Carmel Academy while pursuing her masters degrees in pastoral studies and counseling. She is excited to to bring her passion and experience in music, ministry, and mental health to her work within the Loyola community.

Meet and chat with Christine at her weekly "Sweet-n-Greet" in the Buddig Hall lobby every Wednesday at 8 p.m.

Sr. Madonna picture Sr. Mary “Madonna” Baudier
Resident Minister
Carrollton 415
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Sister Madonna was born and has lived most of her life in New Orleans. As a junior in high school, she came to Loyola to take summer school class in journalism and then worked on the Maroon each Wednesday evening for the rest of the year. After high school, she entered the Religious Congregation of the Marianites of Holy Cross (in New Orleans) and has been in various ministries since then. Later she came back to Loyola as a student in the Loyola Institute for Ministry (LIM) part-time. After graduating, she became a resident minister and worked with the Awakening retreat, living first in Biever, then Buddig, and now in Carrollton Hall.

Meet and chat with Sr. Madonna at her weekly "Sweet-n-Greet" in the Carrollton Hall lobby every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Jesuits-in-Residence

Fr. Justin Daffron picture Fr. Justin Daffron, S.J.
Interim President
Cabra 116
jdaffron@loyno.edu
504-865-3849

Originally from Dallas, Texas, Fr. Justin joined the Jesuits in 1995. He has lived in Shreveport, Mobile, Berkeley, St. Louis & Chicago, and studied abroad in Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Nairobi, and Tijuana, where he also worked in the Casa de Los Pobres with women and children who had gotten stuck at the border. Of the Loyola community, he says, "We together create better soil. I think it takes each one of us sharing our unique gifts and talents, and that will allow each one of us to shine in a way that we become a better place." He is always ready for traveling, sailing, cycling, skiing, cooking & yoga.

Fr. Gregg Grovenburg picture Fr. Gregg Grovenburg, S.J.
University Minister
Buddig 1205
ghgroven@loyno.edu
504-865-2328

Fr. Gregg is from Kansas City. He has earned degrees from Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA, Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, MA, Heythrop College at the University of London, and Boston College. He taught at the high school he attended (Rockhurst) in Kansas City, and also at St. John's College in Belize. He was ordained a priest in 1988.

Gregg has worked in youth ministry/adolescent spirituality, retreat ministry, and campus ministry at the University of Ulster in Northern Ireland and Fairfield University, and with the Jesuit International Volunteers. He has also served as director of a retirement facility for Jesuit Priests and Brothers in St. Louis. He currently works in Sacraments and Faith Formation at Loyola.

Josh Hinchie, S.J. Mr. Joshua Hinchie, S.J.
Adjunct Instructor of Philosophy
Biever 246
jdhinchi@loyno.edu
504-865-2790

Josh is a Jesuit scholastic who teaches philosophy and helps with Loyola's Catholic Studies program. Born and raised in Mid-Missouri, since then he's lived in Tulsa, Paris, Grand Coteau (LA), San Juan, Chicago, and now finally NOLA. He joined the Jesuits after college (University of Tulsa) and apart from his studies has done everything from hospital chaplaincy to teaching ESL. He likes sitting in rocking chairs, taking road trips, reading old books, cooking, and brewing sweet tea.