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The Door Beckons…
Loretto offers many ways to connect with our community:Community
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Affirming and respecting the gift of each member and our resources, we will …
… be responsible stewards, accepting and using our resources with reverence for the good of creation;
… simplify our lives, collaborating with others to use fewer of Earth’s resources and sharing what we have with those who have less.
Call to Jubilee
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Loretto Message to LCWR
The Executive Committee of the Loretto Community submitted this statement of support to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) today. The Loretto Community (sisters and co-members) stand in unity with the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), and we … Continue reading
Festival of the Arts a Success
The Loretto Jubilee Concert May 6 featured Loretto Sisters and Co-Members, and Nerinx Hall’s Orchestra, Jazz Band, the Women’s Select Chorus and Women’s Honors Chorus. Barbara Roche, SL, Nerinx Hall president, reflected on Loretto’s 200th Jubilee and introduced Doris Pittman … Continue reading
To Plant a Tree is to Believe in the Future
by Caroline Riebling Caroline is a senior at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and a longtime visitor and volunteer at the Loretto Motherhouse. In the beginning of March, ten volunteers from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville arrived at the Motherhouse … Continue reading
Sisters of Loretto Day in Webster
The City of Webster Groves will proclaimed April 25 “Sisters of Loretto/Loretto Community Day” in honor of its 200 years of service, its founding of what is now Webster University, its founding of Nerinx Hall, which it still sponsors today, … Continue reading
A Jubilee Celebration in Pakistan
On March 23, our sisters in Pakistan held a celebration mass to honor the 200th Jubilee of the Sisters of Loretto. The mass took place a Loretto-run school, St. Albert School in Faisalabad, and was presided by Archbishop Joseph Coutts. … Continue reading
Loretto Festival of the Arts
Loretto Festival of the Arts Sunday, May 6 2 pm and 5 pm Nerinx Hall High School Free and open to all Loretto Sisters, Co-members and Nerinx Hall students will lift their voices in song during the Loretto Festival of … Continue reading
Promoting Just Immigration: Billboard and Prayer Service
Thanks to Loretto, this new Louisville billboard is promoting just immigration reform. Why? To demonstrate the Loretto Community’s commitment to work for justice and to act for peace as Loretto celebrates 200 years of serving a nation of immigrants; to … Continue reading
Profile: Maria Visse SL, Motherhouse Coordinator
Maria Visse SL is the Service Coordinator at the Loretto Motherhouse. Interchange, Loretto’s monthly community newsletter, sat down with Maria to find out about her work. Interchange: What do you most look forward to in coming to work? Maria: I … Continue reading
In the News: Anna Barbara Sakurai CoL
Anna Barbara Sakurai CoL was lovingly remembered in the New York Times Magazine Christmas edition, “The Lives They Loved,” which tells the stories of people who passed away in 2011. This photo was from her days as a Loretto sister, … Continue reading
In the News: Fun Begins at 55!
Alicia Ramirez SL of Denver is featured on the cover of the newsletter of the Clements Community Center in Lakewood, CO.