OLME is a Public Association of the Christian Faithful which means the Catholic Church has approved who we are and what we do. OLME was established in 1978 in the Diocese of Arlington (VA) in response to Vatican II’s universal call to holiness. Our founders, Sister Joan Noreen and Bishop Thomas J. Welsh, developed a spiritual “exercise” program using classical Catholic spirituality to provide our members the structure needed to strive for holiness of life day by day. As OLME, we look to Mary, our Mother, to guide us so that every aspect of our lives, our very being, is centered entirely on the Eucharist, and to teach us how to be her missionaries in the heart of the world.