Patty Ballard

Patricia Ballard is a Benedictine Oblate of St. Scholastica Monastery in Chicago. She completed her Internship in Spiritual Direction at Bellarmine. She has been teaching young children for many years and has served in a variety of other ministries. Patty holds a BA and an MA in Religious Studies from Mundelein College and an MA in Reading/Literacy from Northeastern Illinois University. She has studied at Loyola University, the Catholic Theological Union, and the former Institute for Spiritual Leadership. Patty has three grown children and is the grandmother of twins.