2025 Jubiliarian
A caring and creative child with a desire to help others, Sister Natalie Lann saw two paths for her future: the arts, or religious life. She shared a love for dance with her father, who she remembers watching Fred Astaire on T.V. one night and thinking: “If he can give that up for me, I can give it up for God.”
She entered the congregation and began a 19 year ministry in elementary education, bringing a deep love for each child and a desire to develop their God-given gifts. Incorporating the arts evolved naturally, she explains, as a way to understand where each child was at, developmentally. They would count snowflakes, write stories together, listen to music, and dance – free to express themselves and unlock their unique potential.
In her early 40s, the gift she’d once given up was returned to her, with an opportunity to study and teach dance as a form of sacred prayer. In 1991, she entered parish ministry and later, volunteered at the Villa St. Joseph. “When you see a need, you respond.”
Send a note to Sister Natalie or make a donation in her honor.