The Hosts

Mother Natalia entered Christ the Bridegroom Monastery in Burton, Ohio in 2015 and has been a rasophore nun since 2016. She made her life profession on September 26, 2021. As a military kid, Mother Natalia grew up in a variety of places from Cuba to Denver.  She earned her B.S. in Engineering Physics from Colorado School of Mines.  Her route to monasticism passed through urban missions both with A Simple House of Sts. Francis and Alphonsus and teaching high school math in the inner city.  Though her role in the monastery is wide, Mother Natalia spends much of her time coordinating all the guest logistics ensuring visitors are received with hospitality.  She co-hosts the What God Is Not podcast with Father Michael.

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Father Michael O'Loughlin grew up in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the oldest of 5.  He currently has 18 nieces and nephews and counting.  He went to public school, then attended Thomas Aquinas College in Santa Paula, California for a year before graduating with a BA in Philosophy from Franciscan University of Steubenville in 2001. Fr. Michael was ordained for the Eparchy of Phoenix in 2005 after seminary at Ss. Cyril and Methodius in Pittsburgh.  He served as a priest in Denver, Colorado for 14 years, where he met Mother Natalia, and was a member of the priestly fraternity "Companions of Christ".  He is now the pastor of the Proto-Cathedral of St. Mary in Los Angeles.  He is a founding board member of Sophia Montessori Academy and the chaplain of Lux University, an online formation, prayer and community app for Catholic women.  Fr. Michael treasures being a pastor and spiritual father, loves evangelization, and spends his leisure time with friends.  He sporadically visits the Catholic Stuff You Should Know podcast, and currently co-hosts the What God Is Not podcast with Mother Natalia.

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