May 2015 – Loretto Community

Remembrance of the Life of Michelle Tooley CoL

By Loretto Community | May 26, 2015 |

A woman with shoulder length brown hair, wearing a white turtleneck, a red sweater, and dangly earrings smiling for a picture in an office space at a desk with shelving holding books and butter yellow walls in the background.

Michelle Tooley was born in Lufkin, Texas, the oldest of four children. In her application for Loretto co-membership, Michelle wrote about her growing up as “a daughter of the South.…

The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.

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