Archive for March 2020
CWS64 (Commission on the Status of Women) – 2020
2020’s CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) was canceled at the last minute due to the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. A statement was made on behalf of UN…
Read More‘Give Comfort to My People, Says Your God’
Health care is sacred because people care for one another, pray with one another, rejoice and suffer with one another. We try to promote a life-giving environment wherever we serve…
Read MoreReflection on the Fifth Sunday of Lent
We are slowly approaching the last days of Lent and the story of Mary, Martha and Lazarus gives us hope that we will come out of our current experiences with…
Read MoreEarth Day 2020: Reflections from the Farm
Earth Day is approaching. And it’s a big one. It’s the fiftieth time we’ve set aside this day to celebrate Earth, to mark the debt we owe the planet and…
Read MoreLoretto Emphasizes the ‘Passion’ in Compassion
In the word “compassion,” Loretto places the core emphasis on “passion,” where we center our lives and work. We all ask where is God when suffering happens. No answer comes…
Read MoreReflection on the Fourth Sunday of Lent
1 Samuel 16, Psalm 23 (22), Ephesians 5:8-14, John 9: 1-41 Having come to the conclusion of our celebration this morning, what will we take with us into this day,…
Read MoreReflections from the House of Loretto – March 19, 2020
Spring brings hope. Hope based in reality can fertilize the barren tree. Then perhaps it will bear fruit. I am unfolding toward my destiny even when I am not aware…
Read MoreFinding Sister Ann Elizabeth
By Roger Goose, Guest Contributor to the LOREtto Blog It’s a bright sunny day in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It’s June 2018, the 21st as I remember, and I am…
Read MoreMotherhouse Farm guided by Loretto’s desire to live in responsible relationship with the land and with all life
We seek to live humbly on land made good by its Creator. We accept the privilege to live in responsible relationship with the land and with all of life. We…
Read MoreCultivation
Strip Grazing For our grass-fed and finished beef cattle production we need superb quality forages to keep our animals growing. The most successful forages we have found have been summer…
Read MoreInnovation
Working with Gravity Cattle need more water in their diet than any other single component. Therefore, it is extremely important to have it available in ample supply and in good…
Read MoreEducation
Local Farmers Bringing local farmers onto our land for field days with multiple agriculture specialists from the University of Kentucky and other places is one component of our education efforts.…
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