Being Christ in Our Lives: Jolene and Stephanie LeRoy

I don’t have a daughter of my own, but if I did, I hope she’d be like Stephanie LeRoy… and I hope I’d be a mother as loving as Jolene LeRoy.

Jolene is the Faith Community Nurse at Our Lady of Mercy in Aurora, Illinois. What a stephanieandjoleneleroygift she is to the parish, providing holistic support—physical, emotional, and spiritual—and connecting people who need more than the ministries OLM offers to additional resources.

Jolene was kind enough to arrange for me to speak at the parish last fall, and when we went to dinner, Stephanie joined us. She is a beautiful young woman who has learned from her mother’s example. Stephanie, who will be getting married this spring, positively glows when she talks about the power of Christ in the world. She was heavily involved in campus ministries when she was in college, and you can just feel the Holy Spirit has great things in store for her.

Who reflects Christ to you?

By Melanie

Melanie Rigney is the author of Radical Saints: 21 Women for the 21st Century and other Catholic books. She is a contributor to Living Faith and other Catholic blogs. She lives in Arlington, Virginia. Melanie also owns Editor for You, a publishing consultancy that since 2003 has helped hundreds of writers, publishers, and agents.

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