I was raised on a dairy farm in Albertville, Minnesota. In 1973, I graduated from Elk River high school. Prior to joining Maryknoll, I did various kinds of construction work, e.g., building and roofing houses and making cement tees for parking ramps. I was also an employee of Hoffman Engineering Company in Anoka, Minnesota, where I worked as a spot welder.

I am now a Maryknoll Brother. My years with Maryknoll have been both rewarding and challenging. I have had the privilege of learning another language and the experience of living and working in different parts of Africa. In 1995, I went to Mombasa, Kenya to start a program for street children, which is now called "The Grandsons of Abraham."

After working in the United States for several years in Maryknoll's Vocation Ministry, I moved to the parish of Nyangana in northern Namibia. There I have been again blessed with the opportunity of  working with the Youth of the parish in setting up an activities center and education programs.

Loren's Reflections             Loren's Ministry            

Maryknollers in Namibia