Archive for February 2017
Welcoming the Stranger
Statement of the Loretto Community ‘Welcoming the Stranger’ Feb. 21, 2017 The Sisters and Co-Members of Loretto, a community of faith joined in mission to work for justice and act…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Marian (formerly Sister John Carroll) Andrews SL
The following is Sister Marian Andrews’ autobiography, which she submitted to the Archives in 1987: “I was born in Pueblo, Colo., in 1924, the first daughter of John Jacob and…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Lucy Donovan Walsh CoL
Lucy Donovan Walsh of Kirkwood, Mo., composed a thorough autobiography, at the time of her application for Co-membership in the Loretto Community in 1989: “One must start with being born…
Read MoreJubilee Reflection: A Little Story About a Lifetime Commitment
By Kim Klein Here is a little summary of what I hope I said at my Jubilee after telling the story of meeting Loretto through Vicki Quatmann and making my…
Read MoreColleagues & Friends Celebrate Mary Catherine Rabbitt’s Retirement
By Vicki Schwartz With more than 70 professional and personal friends, Mary Catherine Rabbitt celebrated her retirement from Disability Law Colorado Dec. 15, 2016. Testimonials were given by her agency…
Read MoreJubilee Reflection: A Little Story About a Lifetime Commitment
Here is a little summary of what I hope I said at my Jubilee after telling the story of meeting Loretto through Vicki Quatmann and making my commitment at Jeannine…
Read MoreA Reflection: ‘In the Company of Seekers and Saints’
In the wee hours of a sleepless morning, I couldn’t help but think of the opening lines from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities: “It was the best of times,…
Read MoreColleagues & Friends Celebrate Mary Catherine Rabbitt’s Retirement
With more than 70 professional and personal friends, Mary Catherine Rabbitt celebrated her retirement from Disability Law Colorado Dec. 15, 2016. Testimonials were given by her agency colleagues. Jon Asher,…
Read MoreFifth Intercommunity Collaborative Leadership Development Program Will Begin This Year
“Far and away, the CLDP program has been the best professional and personal development program I have ever engaged in. Not only has it allowed me to more fully understand…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister M. Kristin McNamara SL
Kristin McNamara composed her own obituary and submitted it to the Archives when she moved from Taos, N.M., to Loretto Motherhouse. It reads as follows: “On April 17, 1932, I…
Read MoreRitual Honors Closing of St. Louis Center
It is true…. Community happened here… mission happened here… hospitality happened here… love happened here. “It is true — the doors of the past, which opened onto their own special…
Read MoreA Message of Thanks from the Children’s Peace Theatre
By Marcella Hannon Shields In the spring of 1997, my husband, Eldon Shields, and I were notified that we needed to move the Centre for Creative Ministries, which we had…
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