May 2016 – Loretto Community

Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Bernardine Wiseman SL

By Loretto Community | May 28, 2016 |

Sister Bernardine was born in Hodgenville, Ky., the third of seven children of Charles Bernard Wiseman of Rineyville, and Christine Margaret McMillen Wiseman of Tunnel Hill, both in Hardin County,…

Remembrance of the Life of Lenore Carroll CoL

By Loretto Community | May 28, 2016 |

A head shot of a woman smiling with short curly hair, wearing glasses, and a colored scarf.

Lenore French Carroll was born in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Earl Leaton French and Bernice Smith French, who enrolled Lenore and her sister Cecilia in Catholic schools in…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Simone Inkel SL

By Loretto Community | May 14, 2016 |

A black and white image of a woman with short dark hair, wearing a white collared shirt underneath a black sweater smiling joyfully in a candid picture with her hands clasped.

Sister Simone Inkel began life as Marie Rolande, one of eight children of Oliva and Marie-Anna Boufford Inkel, French Canadians who had settled in Mobile, Ala. Marie Rolande had an…

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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Remembrance of the Life of Sister M. Bernardine Wiseman SL

Remembrance of the Life of Lenore Carroll CoL

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Simone Inkel SL

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