Meet Loretto members elected to serve on the Community Forum

Jackie Diego-Medina CoL has been a Loretto co-member since 2007. She is a licensed clinical social worker living in Texas and has been an active volunteer serving migrants in the El Paso area.

Jane German CoL taught on the Navajo reservation in Thoreau, N.M., for 30 years. She especially enjoyed teaching first grade. Jane holds a bachelor’s degree in math and science education, an elementary education certification and master’s degrees in elementary and special education.

Jane first met Sisters of Loretto in 1982 while teaching in New Mexico and became a co-member in 1990. From 2003 to 2021 she served as elementary school principal at Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas, retiring in 2021. She serves on Loretto Academy’s Board of Trustees and has volunteered with migrants alongside other Loretto members. (See the winter 2024 issue of Loretto Magazine for more on Loretto’s work with migrants).

Maribah Ishaq SL pronounced first vows in June 2024, officially embarking on her journey as a Sister of Loretto. Beginning in March 2020, Maribah served at St. Anthony School in Lahore, Pakistan. Prior to her move to Lahore, for 11 years she taught English, Urdu, computers, science and religion to third- through eighth-grade students in Jhelum, Pakistan.

In 2022, she completed the InterCongregational Collaborative Novitiate Program at Catholic Theological Union (CTU) in Chicago. She is currently pursuing a master’s in pastoral studies at CTU.

Marty Lally CoL hails from Denver, a second-generation graduate of Holy Family High School where Loretto sisters taught. Following graduation he attended the University of Northern Colorado and worked in banking for two years before entering the seminary. Ordained a priest of the Denver Archdiocese in 1978, he served as assistant pastor and pastor in seven parish communities over the years. He loved parish life and worked and ministered with various Loretto members in those communities.

Marty became a Loretto co-member in 1981 and has served on the Ghana Committee and the Co Membership Team. He has facilitated Loretto Community retreats with Mary Kenneth Lewis SL and Mary Ellen McElroy SL. He is grateful for the values and inspiration he has received from the Community, including a dedication to working for justice and acting for peace. He retired from full-time parish ministry in 2021.

To read all of the articles in the winter 2025 issue of Loretto Magazine, click here.