Archive for June 2020
Loretto Heritage Center: Stories from the Past Opening Paths for the Future
What’s in the Loretto Heritage Center? Just yellowed old papers and dusty relics, right? The newest “yellowed old papers” are digital photos and emails fresh from Loretto members at last…
Read MoreReflection on the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 10:37-42 What I’ll be saying this morning can’t really be called a homily. I won’t be teaching anything; it’s just my own reflection on a Gospel passage that troubles me, and…
Read MoreLoretto Sisters: Witnesses to God’s Faithful Love
“From our simple beginnings on the Kentucky frontier in 1812 and up to the present, we, as Sisters of Loretto, share in that mysterious yet pragmatic gift of the Holy…
Read MoreReflection on the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 20:10-13, Matthew 10:26-33 “Fear no one,” we just heard read at the beginning of today’s Gospel. Jesus said to the Twelve, “Fear no one.” To back up this command,…
Read MoreLoretto Community Statement on U.S. Supreme Court DACA Decision and the Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Immigration and Asylum Laws
Members of the Loretto Community rejoice in yesterday’s (June 18, 2020) DACA decision from the U.S. Supreme Court because it removes the immediate threat of deportation for 700,000 of our…
Read MoreLoretto Leaders Keep Fire Going As They Follow God’s Call
“Then I heard the voice of God saying, ‘Whom shall I send?’ I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’” ( Isaiah 6:8) Loretto leaders are rooted in the rich soil…
Read MoreReflection on the Feast of Corpus Christi
Today’s feast of Corpus Christi is about sacraments. It encourages us to reflect on the ways God uses the most simple human realities to bring us to the holy, how…
Read MoreLoretto Magazine – Spring/Summer 2020
Read Loretto Magazine Loretto’s promise to the land One of the hives tended by Susan Classen released a black humming cloud that was moving up and onward with definite purpose. Swarming…
Read MoreNotes & News – Spring/Summer 2020
Smithsonian exhibit group meets at Motherhouse By Susanna Pyatt, Loretto Heritage Center Curator The Loretto Heritage Center will host the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” at Loretto…
Read MoreCecily Jones: a poet for today
The Porch of Possibility, Vol. II, by Cecily Jones SL (1924–2017), is available for purchase. The book, published in 2018, includes 33 poems, most com-posed after Vol. I was published…
Read MorePakistan: Helping our neighbors protect themselves
Photos by Nasreen Daniel SL The whole of humanity is grappling with the coronavirus. In Pakistan, after the appearance of COVID-19, the price of masks drastically increased. Poor people all over…
Read MoreThrough Loretto Link we extend our mission into the future
Loretto came to be and comes to be through the creative Spirit of God, whose grace worked powerfully in our founders and continues to work in the community as a whole and…
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