Archive for August 2020
Loretto Circles Revolve Around Spirit, Values of Loretto Community
The Loretto Circle was started in 2009, when the Loretto Assembly approved a resolution for the Circle as a way for individuals to connect with Loretto without needing to make a vowed or co-membership commitment. Circles…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Dolores Kelledy SL
The first words of Dolores Kelledy’s 1976 autobiography go right to the heart of the matter: “I became interested in the Sisters of Loretto while attending elementary school in the…
Read MoreReflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
In her book “So Far From Home” published in 2012, Margaret Wheatley said that the human race was on a roller coaster traveling at full speedwithout anyone knowing how to…
Read MoreLoretto Community Supports Feminism … Women and All Gender Identities
‘Women Hold Up Half the Sky’* (*Original statement by Mao Zedong and a portion of the title of a book, ‘Half the Sky: Turning Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide,’…
Read MoreReflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 16:13-20 Today’s Gospel speaks of a moment in the life of Jesus when, in response to Peter’s recognition of Jesus’ identity as Son of God, Jesus pronounces Peter to…
Read MoreMY EXPERIENCES AS A PROTESTER
I am a white female who grew up in a St. Louis suburb featured in the CBS documentary “16 in Webster Groves” (1966), a critique of the insular life of…
Read MoreBreathe Into Us A Passion for Justice
We embrace our particular works of mercy, charity or justice in a spirit of informed openness to the deep needs facing us in the church and world today. We work…
Read MoreReflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I must admit that the preparation of this homily comes at a very mind-disturbing time. How to keep concentrated on a Gospel text when the United States of America is…
Read MoreLoretto Volunteer Program Welcomes 2020/2021 Volunteers!
Loretto Volunteers are an extension of the mission and spirit of the Loretto Community. Our Volunteers’ experience is rooted in the creative spirituality of the Loretto Community, centering on earth…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Norma Mason-Stikes CoL
(The following obituary was kindly provided to Loretto courtesy of Norma Mason-Stikes son, Carey Mason.) Norma Catherine Decker Mason-Stikes, celebrated 89 years of a life well-lived, and on the morning…
Read MoreReflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Matthew 14: 22-33 Last Sunday’s Gospel and homily spoke of John the Baptist’s disciples coming to tell Jesus that John had been beheaded. Jesus would have to be thinking that…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Mary Peter Bruce SL
Mary Peter Bruce was the eldest daughter of James H. Bruce and Dolores Novoa, known as Lola. They named her Dolores Patricia and called her Patsy. She had three siblings,…
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