Our Directors

Laurie Bollig: Foundress

My husband, Randy, and I were high school sweethearts and after school, married in 1973. In 1974 after a year and a half of marriage we had our first child, Katherine. I knew immediately that I loved being a wife and a mother. In 1979 our son Christopher was born. God had blessed us with two beautiful and perfect children. I loved every stage of their lives. We had sports, cheer leading, and scout activities for a lot of years. I enjoyed doing volunteer work at our parish in Amarillo. I have grown to love my husband more every year. We relocated to Coppell, Texas in 1989, and then to Argyle in 2001. We are members of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denton. Part of our spiritual formation is the Apostolate for Family Consecration.

In the 37 years of our marriage I have only worked outside of the home briefly. We are so fortunate to have a Board of Directors with so many gifts of business and spiritual gifts. It is my hope that I will bring the “Mother’s Heart” to Loreto House.

I am a faithful and a practicing Catholic. I love our Holy Mother Church so much. I have a very strong devotion to Our Blessed Mother, whom I believe has placed this apostolate in my heart. I do not presume to tell you that Our Blessed Mother speaks to me, but I can tell you that that through her, I am given the call of what Our Lord desires from me, and my family.

She always brings me to her Son, Jesus, and I feel her loving hand, and words of wisdom saying, “Do what He tells you”. She has never led me astray. I had selected the name for this life center, however through prayer, I asked our Blessed Mother to please provide me with the name she preferred. Mary inspired the name Loreto House. There is no doubt that this is her will. I had seen a video about the Holy House of Loreto a few years ago, but had forgotten the details.

The Holy House of Loreto is the home of St. Ann and St. Joachim, Mary’s parents. This is where she was conceived. This is the house of the Immaculate Conception. This house is where she grew up with her parents teaching her about God. This house is where the Angel Gabriel came to Mary for the Annunciation. This is where the words “Hail Mary, full of grace” were first spoken. This place is where she gave her “yes” to life. This is where God, through the Holy Spirit, sent His son Jesus to us, to be born of this virgin mother. The house where the Incarnation occurred! This house is a sacred place where the holy family came to raise Jesus.

Oh, what a place of love. It is no wonder that Our Blessed Mother summoned her angels to rescue this house and transport it safety to the little village of Loreto, Italy. The fact that this tiny house is so full of love inspires me. It inspires me to have our Loreto House be a place of great love, in serving God, by serving others. It will be a place of work and prayer. I am so grateful, and blessed to have the joy of being given this privilege to serve God in this way. I ask for your prayers for myself, and for all who give of their time, talent and treasure to Loreto House.

May God bless you abundantly,

Laurie Bollig

Randy has been active in the construction business for 35 years before being called to serve in pro life work. His business experience included real estate development and residential and commercial construction.

Randy & Laurie have been married for 37 years and are blessed with two children and four grand children. They served as the pro life coordinators, and started the audio/video ministry at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denton, Texas.

Randy has previously served on the Immaculate Conception School Advisory Board, as well as the Pastoral Advisory Board. He frequently volunteers for sidewalk prayer and counseling at local abortion mills.

Randy is a fourth degree Knight of Columbus with Council 4771 in Denton. Promoting the Culture of Life is his primary passion as he works as Executive Director for Loreto House.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Greg is an industrial engineer with a variety of experience since 1990. Currently as a Project Engineer for FedEx Express, he supports station operations in North and West Texas. Primary assignments include development of planning requirements for staffing and scheduling of employees. Additional projects include facility utilization studies and development of justifications for facility improvement projects.

Greg is also an independent representative of several outstanding companies that assist businesses with improving cash flow. Cost Segregation Services, Incorporated (CSSI) is a national leader in providing IRS-approved, engineer-based cost segregation studies. MoneyQuest Corporation offers MaxCollect™, a revolutionary way to manage debtor accounts. Sterling Payment Technologies is a leading credit card processor specializing in merchant credit and bankcard processing while offering world-class customer service

Greg previously worked as a civil servant for the United States Air Force. Serving in both engineering and manufacturing management roles, he supported various military programs for aircraft systems acquisition and logistics. Other experience includes engineering policy and procedures, manufacturing planning, workplace design, and methods development.

Greg is a former Advisory Board Member to the Saint Mary’s University Engineering Department in San Antonio, Texas.

EDUCATION

M. S. Engineering Systems Management, Saint Mary’s University, 1998

B. S. Industrial Engineering, Texas Tech University, 1990

A. A. S. Mechanical Engineering Technology, Texas State Technical Institute, 1987

PERSONAL NOTES

Greg and his wife Monique were married June 30, 1990 and are the proud parents of three beautiful daughters; Mylea, Margery, and Veronica. The Pyles are active members of St Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Pilot Point, Texas. The Pyles are also members of the Apostolate for Family Consecration in Bloomingdale, Ohio (www.familyland.org) and regularly support the work of American Life League (www.all.org) and Cross International Catholic Outreach (www.crosscatholic.org). Greg is a first degree member of Knights of Columbus Council 2045 in Pilot Point, Texas and a member of the ACTS retreat community in Denton, Texas.

Professional:

Kevin is President of Englander Sleep Products. Englander Sleep is a licensee organization consisting of 7 independent companies with 10 factories throughout the United States. In addition there are 10 international licensees throughout the world from Canada to China. Kevin’s responsibilities include brand position as well as all retail channels of distribution.  Previous to this position he was President/CEO of Serta Mattress Northeast reporting to Board of Directors and shareholders on all aspects of the Corporation.  Kevin has held senior management positions for the past 20 years including President/CEO of Restonic Corporation.  He currently serves on the Board of Directors of World Sleep and is on the Board of Trustees of the International Sleep Products Association. Kevin started his career with Standard Oil of California. He has an MBA from California Western University and holds an undergraduate in marketing is from Queensborough College of New York.

Personnel:

Kevin and his wife,  Mary of 41 years have 2 married children. They have 4 grandchildren.  Kevin has been associated with the Culture of Life activities for the past 30 years, serving as chairman of pro-life committees in Ohio, Connecticut and Massachusetts. He has been active in all Church life including positions as President of Parish Counsel, Youth Director, and Families in Crisis, Legatus, Unemployment Ministry, and Building Projects. He is a 3rd degree Knights of Columbus at council 4480 in Kingston, MA, member of the ACTS community and Bible study of St Marks.  Kevin and Mary moved to Denton in 2005 and are members of St Mark’s parish.

Professional Experience:

Oscar is an Internet security analyst with experience in the IT industry working for IBM since 1991. His current focus is Application Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing in the context of large corporate enterprises.

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, University of North Texas, 1998

Personal Notes:

Oscar and his wife Letishia married in 1998 and are raising 4 children, one of which is being adopted.

The Sanchez family attends Mass at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Denton, Texas.

Oscar has been active in the Pastoral Advisory Council, Stewardship Council, RCIA, emergency cold weather sheltering of the homeless and other parish activities at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

Both Oscar and his wife experienced the ACTS Retreat. They are also active in the “Why Catholic” program.

Oscar enjoys martial arts, fitness, chess, history, apologetics, and computer security.

Diana has been a parishioner at Immaculate Conception Church since 1999.  She has been involved in Bible studies, served as a lector, catechist and youth minister.  She has held positions of co-chair and chair of the Pastoral Council. Diana has a BFA from the University of Texas at Austin.  For over 20 years, she has done graphic design and packaging design for Dallas area enterprises including JC Penney, Frito Lay, Dr Pepper and UNT.  She holds certifications as a Microsoft Tech Specialist and Internet Webmaster.

She is married to John Jelen.  Their son Matthew attends Krum High School.  The Jelen’s also sponsor three children – Peter, Manuel and Mary Roxana through CFCA. Diana enjoys cycling, fishing, making iMovies, watching her son’s football games and band recitals, and using various creative means to assure the constant public presence of the pro-life movement.

Maggie and her husband, John, have been married 35 years. They lived in Lewisville for 25 years prior to moving to Corinth and were members of St Phillip’s Catholic Church. They have two children, Stephanie and John Jr., who live in Dallas.
Maggie has been a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church since 2007. She has served in the Bereavement Ministry, ACTS, and on the RCIA team. Since July 2009 Maggie has served Loreto House as a volunteer at the Holy Family Thrift Store.
Maggie works in human resources for a global communications company designing administrative processes and managing outsourced vendor relationships.