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 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 MoreAnna Koop SL Talks to 9News/Denver on Miracles Bringing Catholic Worker House Back
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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 Denver Center Now Havern School
May 1, the Denver Loretto Center officially became Havern School. Loretto’s 2015 Assembly made the decision to sell the Center to a group that shared Loretto values and would be…
Read MoreLike Trees, Loretto’s Deep Roots Thrive in Denver and Beyond
Trees speak a lot about our lives, our growth, our rootedness. When I look at the grounds around Loretto Center in Denver, I am surprised and humbled by the many…
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 MoreLoretto Recognizes Responsibility to Work With Others to Defer Climate Change in Ohio River Basin
Editor’s Note: This is the last of the four-part series. The Loretto Motherhouse is situated in the Ohio River Basin. The basin is an area that drains into the Ohio…
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…
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