Mother Chiara Thérèse, AFL

Mother Chiara Thérèse, originally from North Dakota, has been at Christ the King Catholic Montessori School since 2015.  She received her training in Catechesis of the Good Shepherd from birth to 12 years of age. Her great joy comes in assisting parents in preparing their children to receive the sacraments of First Holy Communion and Confirmation. 

She has a real love is for the youngest of children which led her to obtain an AMI Montessori Assistants to Infancy diploma (birth to 3) from the Southwest Institute of Montessori Studies in Mesa, AZ. She also holds a bachelor’s degree from North Dakota State University, a diploma in Spiritual Theology from the Teresianum in Rome and a Master’s in Theology and Christian Ministry from Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH. Mother Chiara Thérèse is the first member of the Public Association the Servants of the Children of Light. Canonically established in the Diocese of Bismarck, ND on October 1, 2020, this religious community has the apostolate of Catholic Montessori education rooted in a life of contemplative prayer.