Our Story of Wonder

How did a lay person from Vancouver, Canada come to work with a Bishop from the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas?   This is our story of Wonder.



An unlikely and providential partnership formed in 2003 when Bishop Gilmore - then Bishop of Dodge City,  invited Jacqueline Loh to his Diocese to pray for a priest who needed  prayers for his healing. In 2012, she invited him to join her at Grace that Reigns.

" It was Through the gift of Healing for a Priest in Need..."

Known for her gift of healing, I invited Jacqueline Loh  into the Diocese of Dodge City, KS in July 2003 to help one of our priests. She came back on several occasions, and in October of that year, I became her Spiritual Director. It was then that I learned more about her unique vocation, its beginning, its deepening, and its slow unfolding. Shortly after retiring, I joined her group at Grace that Reigns, and began giving Retreats with her. In 2015, Bishop John Bruntgardt  supported our efforts to open up a satellite office in Kansas in the Diocese of Dodge City.

+ Bishop Ronald Gilmore
 

Dear Friends,

I knew that the Lord had already moved me, and that I knew that  I was going to open up a ministry of prayer.  But I needed a good Spiritual Director to help me, and I didn't know how in the world that would happen, nor who it would be.

If God wanted me to continue on this journey,  it would have to be a very substantial one. So when I met Bishop GIlmore and  saw the words scroll across his  sintchure, " May the Road rise up to meet you, may the wind be at your back." I knew that it was special, because only God knew that those words had been important to me as a child. Then, all of a sudden, it happened. Words in capital letters were emblazoned before me, " He's the One." The Lord gave me an answer in big letters and I could not ignore it. I was excited and interiorly, I knew that Bishop Gilmore and I would be working for the rest of our lives together. The only thing was... I had to convince him. 

In 2012, after 9 years of waiting, I felt ready to  invite him to partner with me at Grace that Reigns. They say that Patience is a "virtue." It truly has been and it has taken more years to mature and work with each other's style. Thanks be to God. He was right!!

Jacqueline Loh
Founder /President of Grace that Reigns Society 

We have many people to thank.  Most Reverend John Brundgardt from the Diocese of Dodge City, Kansas accepted Grace that Reigns Ministry as an independant, yet incorporated ministry of his diocese in  2014. 

From 2011 - 2015, a team formed. We were brought together by our common desire to inspire others and share the beauty and action of God's grace working in the world through prayer, discipleship, and intercession for our priests.

Dr. Gerry Doran was our guest speaker. Jacqueline invited him  to offer a retreat with us in Vancouver in 2015.
 

In 2011, the late Fr. Kevin Scallon CM invited Jacqueline to attend the Annual Intercession for Priests in Dublin, Ireland with Sr. Briege McKenna. OCS.  There, Jacqueline was able to observe and learn and pray.
 

Between 2011 -2014 Grace that Reigns was at its infancy in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia Canada where  Archbishop Michael Miller and several pastors within the Diocese were instrumental in giving Grace that Reigns opportunities to grow.

In 2008, the late Archbishop Raymond Roussin, SM supported and encouraged me to introduce and use my  gifts for the priests and for the good of the people of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. B.C.  Here too is Francis Wong. He too was  a great source of friendship.

2000 - 2003 Here is Fr. Michael Sweeney, my first Spiritual Director. At the time, he worked with Sherry Weddell at the St. Catherine of Siena Institute in Seattle, Washington. He and Sherry were working on the "Called and Gifted" program together.