Archive for November 2020
Season of Advent Leads All to the Christ Child, Our Long-Awaited Messiah
Creating an Advent wreath is an act of Advent hope. It starts small, but quickly overtakes us: a light in the darkness, a transformative cry for hope in our world…
Read MoreReflection on the First Sunday of Advent
Once again, we have arrived at the First Sunday of Advent and the beginning of a new liturgical year. We’ve been here many times before, and it’s a good time to…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Ann (formerly Sister Mary Fidelia) Gohl SL
Lois Ann Gohl was born the fifth child of William August Julius Gohl, of St. Paul, Minn., and Rose Caroline Woerner Gohl of St. Louis. Their large family home was in…
Read MoreRead the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 11/25/20
The gift of small works in the face of big issues
Published by the Global Sisters Report on Nov 18, 2020 Denver — It begins with a box. During our first few days together as a house, my fellow Denver Loretto…
Read MoreLoretto Thanks God for All Peoples, Shares Bounty Through Special Needs Fund
“As we stand with Mary at the foot of the cross, we strive to bring the healing Spirit of God into our world and we commit ourselves to improving the…
Read MoreReflection on the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe
Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17; I Corinthians 15:20-26, 28; Matthew 25:31-46 Here we are, on the last Sunday of the liturgical year, celebrating Christ as king. For some of us, “king” may…
Read MoreFederal Census Evidence for Loretto Slaveholding, 1820-1860
(Editor’s Note: The Loretto Community is working to understand its complicity in systemic racism. We thank the Loretto Heritage Center staff for providing important research about Loretto’s history of slaveholding. We…
Read MoreDiocesan Migrant & Refugee Services receives $50k+ via two grants
Published by the El Paso Herald-Post on Nov 13, 2020 Friday morning, officials with the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc. (DMRS) announced that the organization had received two grants…
Read MoreReflection on the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
I remember a talk by Dominic Crossan about the parables, and there was one one comment that stuck with me. It was that Jesus didn’t give the parables to answer…
Read MoreLoretto’s Emerging Forms: Searching for New Ways of Being
“Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing.” Arundhati Roy We are in a time of significant disruption…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Kay (formerly Sister Timothy Marie) Lane SL
(Author’s Note on Kay Lane SL: Kay left us nothing written about herself. But she was a great storyteller. What follows here are the facts from Kay’s personnel record, embellished with…
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