Two Centuries: Setting the Stride
Historic Marker to Honor 1852 Arrival
of the Sisters of Loretto in Santa Fe
The first of 54 new roadway markers honoring women in New Mexico was dedicated on December 1 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The event starts at 9 a.m. in the Loretto Chapel, built by the early Sisters. At the chapel Actress Ali MacGraw read excerpts from Mother Magdalen Hayden’s letters. 
PJ Manion SL commented on the women whose names are on the marker.
From there the Loretto Community members from Colorado, New Mexico and Texas, and local and state dignitaries including First Lady Barbara Richardson, honorary chair, accompanied by musicians, walked to the location of the marker at the corner of E. Alameda and Old Santa Fe Trail. There Cathy Mueller SL, Loretto president, offered a blessing. Then Mayor David Coss, representing the City of Santa Fe, cut the ribbon to unveil the marker.
Loretto at SOA
Loretto Present at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona
Since learning that “education similar to that at Ft. Benning” goes on at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, Loretto persons decided for the first time to be a presence in Tucson on November 16 - 18. Pat Kenoyer CoL from Kansas City reflected on the connections not only with those Loretto persons present at the same time in Georgia but also there in Arizona and elsewhere.
Those present: Mary Jean Friel CoL, and her two sons, Nate and Mike Nieto, and Carolyn Jaramillo CoL, from California; SLs Mary Ann Coyle, Mary Ann Cunningham, Anna Koop, and Alicia Ramirez from Colorado; Pat Kenoyer from Missouri; Karen Knoll CoL from Kentucky; Buffy Boesen SL and Frances Rattermann SL from Texas; all connected with Bob Strobridge CoL in France who had made the banners.
Reprints
December 2007
Green Sisters, A Spiritual Ecology
Green Sisters, A Spiritual Ecology, a new book by Sarah McFarland Taylor chronicles the ways that women religious are involved in the environmental movement. Green sisters are environmentally active Catholic nuns who are working to heal the earth as they cultivate new forms of religious culture. In this book, the work of various Lorettos is mentioned many times ranging from individuals engaged in various experiences to the efforts of the Loretto Earth Network.
Loretto Novices Participate in UN Anniversary Event Read more
July 7, 2007: Projects funded by Special Needs
List of projects funded