Sister Mary Loyola Mathia, S.C.
R.C.I.A.
The family of Paul and Laura Mathia was blessed with seven
children of which Loyola Mathia was the third. She attended
Our Lady of Loretto School in Hempstead,
New York and graduated from
Hempstead
High School. She received her
B.A. from the College of Mount St. Joseph and her M.P.S. from
Loyola
University in
Chicago.
Her life was dedicated to the Lord in a special manner when she
followed the call of Christ to become a Sister of Charity of
Cincinnati on Feb. 2, 1941. It was at that time
that she was given her religious name, “Sister Mary Loyola Mathia”.
During her years of service, she taught in schools in
Ohio,
Michigan,
Maryland
and Florida. For
eight years she worked as a supervisor/consultant to schools for the
Cleveland Diocesan Office of Education.
In 1979, she came to Florida
to serve the Lord at St. Benedict’s Church in
Crystal
River and St. Scholastica Church in
Lecanto. She is a co-founder of Pope
John Paul
II
Catholic School
(formerly Central Catholic School of Citrus County). Since her
retirement from the school in 1991, she has continued to serve as a
RCIA Director, Adult Education Consultant and assisted in helping
with the annulment process at St. Scholastica Church.
She now comes to St. Frances Cabrini Parish to assist those who wish
to “regularize” their marriage in the Catholic Church. Her
motto is “Serve the Lord in gladness of heart”.
