Working for justice and acting for peace since 1812
The Loretto Community
We are the Congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.
Living our mission
Our priority concerns are immigration justice, care for Earth and the abolition of nuclear weapons.
Loretto Community members work for justice and act for peace in the United States, at the United Nations and around the world, including in education, healthcare, spiritual accompaniment, the empowerment of women, environmental stewardship, anti-discrimination, land acknowledgement and advocacy.
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We serve throughout the United States, in addition to our missions and partnerships in Pakistan, Ghana and Guatemala.
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100 years ago Loretto Academy in El Paso opened its doors. On the occasion of this important milestone, Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL writes:
"It’s hard to believe that 100 years have gone by since Mother Praxedes’s dream of Loretto Academy in El Paso became a reality.
"I am grateful to those who have gone before us, particularly Eileen Custy SL, Bernice Hys SL and Jane Clarke SL, who steered Loretto Academy in the 21st century — for almost 40% of the school’s history. I hope that the next generation continues the keen passion for education, honoring the Loretto Community’s core mission, ‘We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.’ I pray that this great institution carries on for another 100 years."
Read more in #LorettoMagazine here: www.lorettocommunity.org/100-years-ago/
(The younger students at Loretto Academy commemorate the school’s 100-year anniversary. Photo courtesy of Loretto Academy)
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I have so many photos and memorabilia from St. Cronan's - including my Dad's 8th grade graduation picture (1941?) and Nerinx Hall. I look forward to donating them to the Archives.
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