Archive for June 2018
Sisters in Service During World War I
By Laurel Wilson A row of white tents lined the campus of Loretto Heights Academy in Denver during July 1917. For three weeks, the Heights was transformed into the National…
Read MoreLoretto Stands with Immigrants
Loretto marched in El Paso and St. Louis to honor immigrants and refugees on June 20, World Refugee Day. Maureen Fiedler wrote in a National Catholic Reporter blog on June…
Read MoreLoretto Earth Network News – Summer 2018
Loretto Community Calls on Congress to Halt Separation of Migrant Children from Parents
The Loretto Community, which includes the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members, today joined people of conscience and faith everywhere in denouncing the U.S. government…
Read MoreAnna Koop SL Talks to 9News/Denver on Miracles Bringing Catholic Worker House Back
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Read MoreGetting to Know Florence Wolff
By Katie Santa Ana Flipping through the paper finding aids of the Sisters of Loretto archives, one name appears at the top of each page more often than not: Sister…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Elaine (formerly Sister Mary Assumpta) Satterwhite SL
Elaine Satterwhite wrote a brief autobiography at the time she rejoined Loretto; in it she described her life in her characteristic plain and simple style: “I was born in Denver,…
Read MoreLoretto Volunteer Program Expands to El Paso
Like many a good story, this one starts with an ice storm in Kentucky. Mary Swain was driving us to the Louisville airport. Claudia Calzetta and I woke early on…
Read MoreMary Denis Bruck, Mary Kenneth Lewis Celebrate 75th Jubilee
April 25 the Loretto Community celebrated the Diamond Jubilee of Mary Denis Bruck and Mary Kenneth Lewis with a Mass and special dinner at the Motherhouse. At dinner in the…
Read MoreMaking Movies: Loretto Captures Closings of Three Beloved Locations
Using high-flying drones, video and still cameras, interviews, photos and documents from the Loretto Heritage Center, Neil Tucker and I have been making movies about the closings of three well-loved…
Read MoreUN NGO Chronicles Highlights of 2018 Commission on the Status of Women
“Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls” was the priority theme of this year’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW62). The…
Read MoreA Trip to the Desert: Learning To Serve and Welcome the Stranger
By Rosa Lizarde Every border trip is different, and the one this past May to Nogales, Ariz., and Mexico with the Minneapolis-based St. Joan of Arc Church was truly unique.…
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