Archive for December 2018
Loretto Earth Network News – Winter 2018
Loretto Motherhouse Crèches from Around the World
This Yuletide season nativity scenes of all shapes and sizes grace the halls, windowsills and outdoors at Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. They are a sight to behold! Most of…
Read MoreNuns on the Bus
At 9 a.m. on Sept. 15 (the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) a gaggle of folks including Pat McCormick, Joan Spero, Martha Crawley, Cathy Mueller and I rallied outside…
Read MoreLoretto Delegation Turns Out for 2018 SOA Border Encuentro
What does it look like when we as the Loretto Community adopt a resolution, as we did at our 2017 Assembly, prioritizing and committing ourselves to immigration justice? • We…
Read MoreProviding Health Care In Uganda
By Mary Ann Gleason Her name is Juliette. She is a 14-year-old orphan, malnourished secondary to vomiting whatever she eats or drinks because of a stricture in her esophagus. She…
Read MoreNasreen Daniel Offers Thanks from Pakistan to Loretto Schools
It had always been my desire to visit our Loretto schools in the United States and thank each person personally for their sensitivity to the needs of those who are…
Read MoreRecovery as a Way of Life
By Barbara Wander “Oh no! Not again.” This was my immediate reaction when I found out that another earthquake had hit Haiti the night of Oct. 6. I had been…
Read MoreOur Journey to Father Nerincks’x Roots
The parish in Belgium where Father Charles Nerinckx was born recognized his life by unveiling a plaque in his honor. They invited Loretto to participate, and so one Monday evening…
Read MoreLiving Vows
* Knowing our human need for security, I vow ongoing conversion toward rootedness in God. * Knowing our human longing for connection and generativity, I vow ongoing conversion toward a…
Read MoreCelebrating 25 Years of Loretto Co-membership
Evelyn Donohoo as told to Mary Ann McGivern Evelyn Donohoo was sitting at her place in the dining room, waiting for her tablemates Rita and Sheila, reading a pamphlet, “God’s…
Read MoreReconnecting, Recommitting
By Jes Stevens It’s been four years since I was a Loretto Volunteer. Four years! Some days it feels like my time working in Washington, D.C., as a Volunteer was…
Read MoreLWN Presents EnCourage
Building on the significant history of the Loretto Women’s Network (LWN), we are once again writing a newsletter for the Community and others about the issues facing women in today’s…
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