We invite you to browse our collection of books by Loretto authors.
On the Street
by Marianne Novak Houston CoL
“On the Street” is a collection of poems & prose poems, written over a period of years. They give voice to the histories, dreams, realities, frustrations and also the undeniable gifts and talents found among individuals whose lives are often minimalized by our descriptions of them as ‘the homeless’, ‘the marginalized’, ‘the poor’, ‘the unemployed’, or ‘the mentally ill’.
$20. Purchasing info here.
Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling: Women Religious Leaders in Their Own Words
by Maureen Fiedler SL
This collection of lively Q&A interviews with key contemporary female religious leaders focuses not only on the discrimination faced by some of the most important women in religion, but documents the emerging leadership of women in several faith traditions.
Read more at the Huffington Post.
$22. Order here.
Hidden in the Same Mystery: Thomas Merton and LorettoEdited by Bonnie Thurston and Mary Swain SL
By including the texts of talks Thomas Merton gave to the novices at the Loretto Motherhouse, Hidden in the Same Mystery presents previously unpublished Merton materials which are a rich source of his thinking on prayer and on religious life.
$21.95. Order here.
Venture into the Unknown: Loretto in China 1923-1998by Patricia Jean Manion SL
PJ writes: “The title of this book not only speaks of the nearly 30 years Sisters of Loretto lived and worked in China, but also speaks of my experience. While writing this book my thinking in many ways was changed. I lived their lives through the more than 600 letters and memoirs that rested for years in the Loretto Archives at Nerinx, Kentucky. I experienced with them an incredible journey. I hope you, too, take the opportunity to live for a while with these women of heroic stature.”
$20. Order directly from Loretto. Ordering info below.
Toward a Spirituality for Global Justice: A Call to Kinship
by Elaine Prevallet SL
Quote from the book: “As Christians, we affirm that Jesus’ divinity is not a compartment separated from his body or from the rest of his life process. God cannot be wholly present in Jesus without being present to the rest of creation.”
$15. Order directly from Loretto. Ordering info below.
Other Popular Titles:
Naming Our Truth: Stories of Loretto Women
Editor Ann Patrick Ware SL
Read a chapter here!
$18. Order directly from Loretto. Ordering info below.
Beyond the Adobe Wall
by Patricia Jean Manion SL
$14. Order directly from Loretto. Ordering info below.
Making the Shift: Seeing Faith Through a New Lens
by Elaine Prevallet SL
$6. Order directly from Loretto. Ordering info below.
Book review here.
To order a Loretto book, send a check with shipping information to:
Books
Nerinx Post Office
515 Nerinx Road
Nerinx, Ky 40049
Make check payable to Sisters of Loretto; indicate books by name and add $2 postage for each.
Please note: Hidden in the Same Mystery and Breaking Through the Stained Glass Ceiling should be ordered directly from the publishers (links provided above), not from Loretto.