Laura Ann Mayers, Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, was born in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming, on February 13, 1963. From an early age, her life was marked by a generous heart, a keen intellect, and a quiet but steady desire to place her gifts at the service of God and others. On December 28, 2025 at 6pm, she passed away in the community of Consecrated Women in Washington DC, after battling cancer since September of 2023.
After graduating with a Masters degree in Education of the Deaf and teaching for nine years at the Omaha Hearing School, Laura responded to God’s call within Regnum Christi and was consecrated on August 22, 1996 in Warwick, Rhode Island. She later made her final vows on August 30, 1998, embracing with fidelity the vocation of a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi. She lived her consecration with faith, depth, and perseverance, allowing Christ to shape her life through service and a spirit of continual surrender.
Over the course of nearly three decades, Laura served in multiple communities and countries, including the United States, Mexico, and Ireland. She lived in Greenville, Rhode Island, for many years teaching and working in academics in the North American Formation Center, guiding newly Consecrated Women. In 2016, Laura began to serve at Divine Mercy University(DMU) in Virginia, and to pastorally support the Regnum Christi locality of Washington DC. She contributed in many significant ways to the establishment of the School of Counseling and the DMU Global Campus. As a Regnum Christi formator, she supported sections locally and throughout the country, as well as in her parish of St. Francis de Sales in Purcellville, Virginia.
Laura dedicated much of her apostolic life to education and formation. She served as a teacher and professor at the formation center and pre-candidacy, and as an academic assistant at DMU, roles in which she was known for her precision, responsibility, and deep respect for the learning process. Her work was often carried out quietly and behind the scenes, yet it proved essential to the mission and stability of the institutions she served.
Alongside her academic roles, Laura also participated in vocational promotion, pastoral work with adults, and administrative support, offering her talents wherever the needs of the Kingdom called her. This took her to different parts of the country, helping preach retreats, give courses, spiritual direction and mentoring to many women. She brought to these responsibilities a spirit of availability and a sincere desire to help others grow, particularly in moments of transition, suffering, or discernment.
Laura was a “life-long learner” who had a natural capacity and desire to share that learning with others with great understanding and patience. Her extensive studies in education, theology, and psychology impelled her to teach the faith in a variety of settings – with her own consecrated sisters, and in different parishes where she lived.
She also completed specialized studies in grief and loss, trauma, compassion fatigue, and pastoral care. This formation enriched her apostolic work and reflected her deep sensitivity to human suffering and her desire to accompany others with competence and compassion.
Those who knew Laura remember her as thoughtful, faithful, open to others and quietly generous. She was a woman of depth, whose love for Christ and the Church was expressed through constancy, service, and a willingness to carry responsibility with humility. She had different sufferings in her life, and felt called by Jesus to offer them for others. Her life was a testament to perseverance in vocation and trust in God’s providence through changing seasons. She was a hard worker who made work fun for others.
Laura loved reading books and poetry, playing Scrabble, cooking, enjoying nature – especially the mountains and the ocean, and making things beautiful. She had a special place in her heart for her dog Emma who faithfully accompanied her the last 12 years of her life.
“She did what she could.” (Mk:14:8) Laura often quoted this profound and simple passage of Sacred Scripture, which reflected the wholehearted generosity and commitment with which she tried to live out every moment and aspect of her life.
We give thanks to God for Laura’s life, her vocation as a Consecrated Woman of Regnum Christi, and her many years of faithful service to the Kingdom. We entrust her to the mercy of the Father whom she served with her whole life, confident that the seeds she sowed through her dedication and love will continue to bear fruit.
May she rest in peace.
Funeral arrangements for Laura Mayers are as follows:
A wake will be held on Thursday, January 8, 2026, from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The Funeral Mass will take place on Friday, January 9, at 11:00 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, 650 Main Street, New Munich, Minnesota.
A Memorial Mass in thanksgiving for Laura’s life will also be celebrated at Divine Mercy University in Virginia on Wednesday, January 14, at 12:30 p.m.