November 6, 2025
Sr. Valerie Luckey, OSB
Director of Emmaus Ministries, Erie, PA
“Conversion of Heart in a Suffering Society”
Biography
Valerie Luckey, OSB, a benedictine sister of Erie, is the Director of Emmaus Ministries, The Benedictine outreach to Erie’s poor. As director, Sister Val oversees Emmaus’ soup kitchen, which serves approximately two hundred guests each night; a food pantry; the Kids Cafe, where dozens of children are fed dinner and participate in after-school programming; Emmaus Grove, an urban farm that produces thousands of pounds of fruits and vegetables each year; and a women’s advocacy program.
Prior to entering the monastery, she taught fourth grade in Philadelphia. She eared a BS in business administration in 2010 and an MS in elementary education in 2012, both from Saint Joseph’s University. Sister Val enjoys nature, poetry, gardening and cooking.