2026-2027 Executive Committee
Treasurer Traci Steiner, Financial Reporter Donna Mullaney, President Gretchen Dilday, Vice-President Diane Holtz, & Secretary Grace Geiser
Welcome to the Ladies of Sacred Heart, known as LOSH! We're happy you are here. Our mission is to unite the women of Sacred Heart of Jesus Catholic Church in Hot Springs Village with spiritual, social, and charitable activities beneficial to LOSH, the Parish and the community.
Our theme for the 2026-2027 year is taken from 2 Timothy 1: 7
"For God did not give us a spirit of timidity but a spirit of power and love and self-control."
We are Catholic women, friends of Catholic women, and spouses of Catholic men. Many of us are married; some are widowed; some are divorced; some are single. Many of us (but not all) are of retirement age. We come from all over the U.S. and from other countries. All are welcome! There is a place for you in LOSH! We hold our General Membership meetings on the second Monday of the months of September through May, at 9:45, or after morning Mass. We pray the rosary prior to 9 am Mass.
Along with our general membership, most members also are members of one of eight distinct guilds with their own Captain and Treasurer. Guild meetings, activities and social events vary by guild. Our guilds allow us to form closer relationships outside general meetings with a smaller group of women. They also help us get things done as a larger group, by rotating responsibilities such as hosting funeral receptions and our general meetings. New members can take as long as they want to join a guild or remain unaffiliated with a guild. (But you won't have as much fun or find it as easy to make friends that way).
We normally hold a minimum of three fundraisers each year, from bake sales to a Card Party to our Charity Golf Scramble held this year in April. With the money we raise, we focus on helping women and children in our immediate area and beyond.
Here's who we are "by the numbers" at the close of our last year:
249 Members
8 Guilds (between 19 and 44 LOSH members in each)
Annual Charitable Giving by fundraising efforts - $37,700. Thank You notes have been received over the summer from the following organizations: Altrusa, Boys & Girls Club, The C.A.L.L., Change Point Pregnancy Center, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, The HOPE Movement, New Beginnings Pregnancy Center, Ouachita Children, Youth & Family Services, Potter’s Clay, St. Scholastica Monastery, Project Hope Food Bank and from individual area food pantries - Owensville Baptist, St. Mary of the Springs, Harvey’s Chapel and Ouachita Family Services. The full thank you notes are posted in our Financial Reports.
Non-monetary gifts (clothing, school supplies, paper products, etc.) for our “Something Extra” collections throughout the year - Estimate $5,000.