Resident Ministry
The resident ministry program is comprised of lay and religious adults, known as “resident ministers,” who live in the residence halls to help foster a supportive community in the spirit of the Jesuit ideals on which the university is founded.
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
Mr. Ken Weber
Resident Ministry Coordinator
Biever 346
kweber@loyno.edu
504-865-3167
Ken serves as a University Minister in the Department of Student Life and Ministry.
Ken came to Loyola after three years as a freelance opera singer. Ken has performed extensively with New Orleans Opera and other regional companies. Before embarking on a career in opera, Ken served as the Campus Minister for Liturgy and Music at Spring Hill College in Mobile, AL. Ken also taught music and voice at Ursuline Academy and the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA).
A native of Los Angeles and graduate of Loyola High School there, Ken brings extensive experience with the Jesuits and Ignatian spirituality to his position with University Ministry.
Meet and chat with Ken at his weekly "Sweet-n-Greet" in the Biever Hall lobby every Wednesday at 9 p.m.
Ms. Christine Johnson
Resident Minister
Buddig 612
cvjohnso@my.loyno.edu
504-865-2141
Christine serves as a graduate intern for Student Life and Ministry and is a resident minister in Buddig Hall.
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. Mary “Madonna” Baudier
Resident Minister
Carrollton 415
Leave message on apartment door
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.
Fr. Justin Daffron, S.J.
Jesuit in Residence
Biever 246
jdaffron@loyno.edu
504-865-2304
Fr. Justin serves as the Vice President for Mission and Identity.
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, S.J.
Jesuit in Residence
Buddig 1205
ghgroven@loyno.edu
504-865-2328
Fr. Gregg serves as a University Minister in the Department of Student Life and Ministry.
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.