Chaplain & Religious Sisters
At JSerra Catholic High School, the Dominican Sisters are a beloved and visible presence in the life of our school. Their joy, faith, humor, wisdom, and deep love for students help make Catholic formation feel personal, approachable, and alive.
A Joyful Witness on Campus
Fr. Claude and the Dominican Sisters are not simply present for special events or formal moments of prayer. They are part of the daily rhythm of campus life: teaching, mentoring, praying with students, cheering from the sidelines, walking the halls, leading formation, guiding conversations, and helping students grow in virtue.
Their presence is one of the great gifts of JSerra. In a world where young people are often surrounded by noise, pressure, and confusion, the Sisters offer something beautifully different: joyful conviction, spiritual motherhood, intellectual depth, and a steady reminder that holiness is possible, attractive, and deeply human.
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Meet Father Claude
Fr. Claude Lombardo, is a priest of the Diocese of Orange and currently serves as our chaplain at JSerra. Born in Córdoba, Argentina, he earned a degree in Computer Systems Engineering before entering religious life. He later completed studies in philosophy and theology in Rome and was ordained to the priesthood in 2009.
Fr. Claude has a deep passion for helping students encounter the person of Jesus Christ and grow closer to Him through the sacraments. Dedicated to ministry and spiritual formation, he strives to help young people experience Christ’s love in a personal and transformative way. Beyond his priestly ministry, Fr. Claude also enjoys the culinary arts and is well known for preparing an excellent Argentine-style steak.
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Meet the Sisters
The Dominican Sisters at JSerra bring the richness of their religious vocation into everyday school life. Whether they are teaching in the classroom, speaking with students after Mass, helping lead retreats, offering encouragement between classes, or laughing with students at lunch, the Sisters reveal the warmth and beauty of a life given completely to Christ.
Their witness is both ancient and refreshingly modern: black-and-white Dominican habits, timeless Catholic teaching, joyful conversations, and a solid presence shows up to events for the arts, athletics, and community. They remind students that faith is not dull, distant, or disconnected from real life. Faith is joyful. Faith is intelligent. Faith is courageous. Faith can laugh.
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The Dominican Charism
The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist are part of the Dominican spiritual family, rooted in the tradition of St. Dominic and dedicated to preaching, teaching, prayer, study, community life, and evangelization. Their community describes its mission as bringing souls to Christ through the Dominican heritage while embracing the New Evangelization called for by Pope St. John Paul II.
At JSerra, this Dominican charism comes alive in the formation of students. The Sisters help students seek truth, love what is good, and grow in the habits that lead to real freedom and happiness. Their vocation is Eucharistic at its center. The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist describe Eucharistic Adoration and Marian consecration as central to their lives and as the source from which they teach and preach in the Dominican tradition.
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Virtue in Action
The Dominican Sisters play an important role in JSerra’s Education in Virtue formation. Through classroom lessons, schoolwide formation, personal example, and daily encouragement, they help students grow in the habits of heart and mind that lead to Christian maturity.
Virtue formation teaches students to do the good with joy and consistency. It gives language to the choices students make every day: courage in difficulty, patience in relationships, humility in success, perseverance in failure, gratitude in ordinary life, and charity in all things.
The Sisters make it real. They do not simply teach virtue. They model it with laughter, steadiness, prayer, and joyful love for students.
