May 2020 – Page 2 of 2 – Loretto Community

Bringing the Healing Spirit of God

By Loretto Community | May 1, 2020 |

A woman, Mary Ann Gleason, with short grey hair, glasses, and a pink shirt smiling brightly while embracing her friend from Uganda indoors. The friend is a young female cancer patient with a shaved head wearing cultural yellow and purple clothing.

The following article came from Mary Ann Gleason. It was sent April 4 to Jean Schildz at Jean’s request for submission to The Record, the Catholic newspaper for the Louisville…

St. Stephen’s Farm: Our Loretto Heritage

By Joy Jensen SL | May 1, 2020 |

A freshly cut green hay field on a farm.

The 200-acre tract that Stephen Badin purchased from Basil Hayden lay on the west side of Coleman’s Run, a branch of Hardin’s Creek. That land, called a plantation, had belonged…

The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.

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