Sister Judy Lund, OP
Judy Lund, OP
What is your current ministry and/or what ministry has been your favorite over the years? Teaching Scripture to 5th and 6th graders at St. Matthew Catholic School, Kalispell, MT.
What do you love most about being a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa? Our optimism and joy shared abundantly with one another and society and our dedication to the needs of our times.
What has been your most poignant or memorable moment through the years? Being in Dallas, TX, when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated; our assembly in Spokane, WA, after the Spokane Dominicans joined with us; and being an initial part of establishing Sparrow’s Nest for youth experiencing homelessness.
What is the best advice you have either received or given? Consider your heart condition—hard, soft, closed, proud, broken, tender—an “aha” moment!
What is something about you that you are most proud of or that not many would know about you? I’m l⁄₁₆th native of the Huron tribe from Quebec; and my great-great-grandparents possibly were married by Father Samuel Mazzuchelli, OP, on Mackinac Island.
Who has been the most influential person(s) in your life and why? Fr. Don Lund, who directed me to Sinsinawa; Marie Celeste Gatti, OP, who encouraged me; Prudence Ludwig, OP (1922–2018), who supported our provincial work; and our faithful Good News group.
Additional musings? It’s been an awesome journey!
From left: Srs. Mary Ann Miller and Collette Mary White
Collette Mary White, OP
What ministry has been your favorite over the years? Teaching and principal.
What do you love most about being a Dominican Sister of Sinsinawa? Continual ways to serve and grow spiritually.
What has been your most poignant or memorable moment through the years? Too many to single out one.
What is the best advice you have either received or given? Stand on your own feet; be your own person; think for yourself.
What is something about you that you are most proud of or that not many would know about you? Earning four master’s degrees while being a principal.
Who has been the most influential person(s) in your life and why? Reginaldo Polk, OP (1931–1990), and Ellen Gaynor, MD, OP, for their friendship and support over the years.
Additional musings? Regardless of the physical changes in where we live now, the Sinsinawa Dominican charism lives on. Despite personal difficulties, we rely on each other for community and support.
