Archive for September 2016
Remembrance of the Life of Sister Lois Zeis SL
Sister Lois Zeis was born in St. Louis at the very end of 1924; early in the new year she was baptized Irene Ann. Her parents, Frank and Mary Brune…
Read More‘Religious at the United Nations’ Names Sally Dunne Project Director for Hilton-funded U.N. Initiative
By Sally Dunne The informal group of sisters, brothers, priests, and others who represent their respective Catholic religious congregations at the United Nations is called RUN — “Religious at the…
Read MoreLoretto Volunteers Complete Their Missions
By Molly Butler July 13 the 2015-2016 Loretto Volunteers captured the hearts of a full Motherhouse conference room through a night of storytelling. The narratives told that night were crafted…
Read MoreTraveling Together in Loretto
My Loretto journey has given me nothing but a strong solid Community where I feel supported in my efforts to continue with my mission. I feel loved, no matter what…
Read MoreGetting to Know Loretto Academy’s Pilar Gonzalez
It is very interesting how relationships grow in our lives. When I was invited to visit the fifth-grade classroom at Loretto Academy in El Paso, I saw a group of…
Read MoreSurprised by Beauty
There is a soft spot of ecological and low-tech beauty behind Webster University’s multiple-rise parking garage on Garden Avenue. It is a low marshy area that planners at the university…
Read MoreLoretto Goes to World Humanitarian Summit 2016
By Theresa Kubasak “I’ve been at the Summit for two days and this is the best thing I’ve heard! We need to listen to refugees. Everyone in Europe should be…
Read MorePresident Signs Letters in Name of Loretto
Pearl McGivney signs a lot of letters on behalf of the Loretto Community. Like the rest of us, she receives email requests to sign letters and petitions, and , like…
Read MoreLoretto Circles Keep on Rolling
By the Loretto Outreach Team It is almost a year since the first Loretto Circle at Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis got under way. Since then school faculty…
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