Archive for March 2020
Conservation
Controlled Burning Part of our Conservation Reserve acres are planted in native warm season grasses that thrive in the summer months, providing great habitat for many types of wildlife and…
Read MoreReflection on the Third Sunday of Lent
Our themes in the readings today focus on thirst and the importance of water in our lives. In the first reading from the book of Exodus, the people grumbled against…
Read MoreLoretto welcomes new co-member Neil Tucker!
Neil Tucker was accepted as a co-member on March 14, 2020. He lives in Kansas City with his wife, Vickie. Neil’s connection with Loretto began in the 1980s when he met Mary McNellis,…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Kay Carlew SL
Sister Kay Carlew wrote a brief introduction of herself for Loretto Magazine at the time of her Golden Jubilee in 2011. We’ll start there but be warned: Kay left out…
Read MoreLoretto Supports U.N. Endeavors Raising Up Women and Children
Loretto continues its longtime tradition of involvement in advancing the rights of women and girls through its work at the United Nations. This week Loretto at the UN was to…
Read MoreReflection for the Second Sunday of Lent
Matthew 17:1-9 Last Sunday we followed Jesus into the desert. Jesus was at the beginning of this work he sensed himself called to do. We were reading from the fourth…
Read More‘A Yes for Humanity: One Step Closer to Nuclear Disarmament’
“It is up to us to see that the world still stands. May the time be not distant when nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they…
Read MoreEarth’s Gratitude
‘Am I living in a way that Earth would be grateful for me?’ This is the question I was faced with recently after reading a Robin Wall Kimmerer article on…
Read MoreWhat is Emerging?
You may recall in the Advent Reflection 2019 booklet which was inspired by “A Vision for the Future of Religious Life” by Sr. Teresa Maya CCVI, the fourth week was…
Read MoreA First-hand Report From Wuhan
(Editor’s Note: Anna Koop shares with Interchange the following background and letter from Sr. Clara Zhang who lives in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where the new Coronavirus was first discovered…
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