Archive for April 2017
Remembrance of the Life of Helen McAvoy Reid CoL
The following remembrance was prepared by Helen’s children: Helen Reid lived in grace and joy from her first to her last breath. She was a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt,…
Read MoreSisters of Loretto to Sell St. Louis Loretto Center Property to Nerinx Hall
April 10, 2017 – The Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, in conjunction with Nerinx Hall Board of Directors, today announce that Loretto plans to sell its…
Read MoreFine Art Shows Feature Talent of Jeanne Dueber
Jeanne Dueber won the Second Place Merit Award Feb. 25 in the Owensboro, Ky., Art Guild’s 55th Juried Exhibition. Forty-nine artists, each with one or two pieces, entered the exhibition.…
Read MoreTobin House: Keeping an Open Door
Everything happened so fast at the annual mid-year retreat for the St. Louis Volunteers. We were enjoying a beautiful sunny day at Rockhaven retreat center. It was a relaxing weekend,…
Read MoreLoretto Motherhouse Hosts Succession Planning Discussion
Eleven sisters who serve in administrative positions in LLBI, at the Motherhouse or in a sponsored ministry along with some of the younger vowed members gathered at the Motherhouse on…
Read MoreBeth Blissman Offers Her First Update from Loretto at the UN
Since the early 1990s, Loretto has had a presence at the United Nations. In governmental organization (NGO) with consultative status at the United Nations. Building on the work of Pat…
Read MoreLoretto Women’s Network: Affirming Rights of Women
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change we seek.” President…
Read MoreDrawing Inspiration, Faith, and Courage from Tucson’s Southside Presbyterian Church
For the past month, my partner, our dog and I have been in Tucson, Ariz. The original plan was to spend a month here as a sunny, warm alternative to…
Read MoreBook Review: Religious Life in the 21st Century: The Prospect of Refounding
Religious Life in the 21st Century is a small book, but tightly packed. Diarmuid O’Murchu takes the reader through the “drastic changes — the dying, grieving, chaos and dislocation” of…
Read MoreSt. Mary’s Academy Alumnae and Staff Help Create Keepsake Books
Remembrances of good times and struggles along with smiles and laughter helped create instant bonds when alumnae and staff from St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, Colo., and elders who frequently visit…
Read MoreIntroducing David Edwards, Troubadour to Tots
By Cecily Jones One might bestow the honorific “troubadour to tots” on co-member David Edwards because he can be found, guitar slung over his shoulder, playing and singing folk songs…
Read MoreMary Rhodes Awardee Releases New Book for Children
Patricia McKissack (1994 Mary Rhodes Awardee), a well-known writer, especially of books for children and young adults, has a new book about children’s games and songs. It is Let’s Clap,…
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