Archive for May 2021
Remembrance of the Life of Joy Gerity CoL
Ed and Lois Gerity chose the perfect name when their middle child and only daughter was born on Sept. 24, 1940. Joy lived up to her name in every…
Read MoreLoretto Artists, Authors Enhance Lives of Others with Their Talents
The Loretto Community celebrates the creative minds and hearts of its members. This week, we highlight authors, poets, artists and craftspeople. They enhance the life of the Community and the…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Jean (formerly Sister M. Francis Ann) Kelley SL
Jean would often say to me, Mary Margaret, people don’t really know me. I said I will tell them. So let me begin. Dr. Kurstin arrived in the nick of…
Read MoreReflection on the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
The God I grew up with is not the God I know now, and I suspect the same is truefor all of you. My first year of teaching high school…
Read MoreRead the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 5/27/2021
Loretto Treasures: Webster University and Loretto Heights College
From the foundation of the Sisters of Loretto in 1812 to this day, education is central to the mission of Loretto. Schools were formed as the initial work of the…
Read MoreReflection on Pentecost Sunday
This year especially, I think Pentecost is a celebration of unity and community. When I read these readings for Pentecost this year, certain phrases struck me in a very different…
Read MoreLoretto Builds Bridges in Service Worldwide
A true understanding of community necessitates a looking outward, “a going forth to meet our neighbors near and far in their human needs and aspirations. We seek to reach out…
Read MoreReflection on Ascension Sunday/the Seventh Sunday of Easter/
Years ago, my brother renovated his basement, and since I am a born scavenger, I became heir to his leftover plywood. Coincidentally, that same summer, Helen Jean, Betty McGrath, Eileen…
Read MoreThe Gift of Trees at the Motherhouse
By Martha Alderson (for the Farm and Land Committee of the Motherhouse Coordinating Board with information from Susan Classen) ‘So much is unfolding that must complete its gesture.‘So much is…
Read MoreAnswering the Call To Serve: Loretto Missions in Latin America
At the Loretto Assembly in 1958, six years after the last Sister of Loretto returned from China, Loretto members called for the Community to continue its work in the missions.…
Read MoreReflection on the Sixth Sunday of Easter
When I first looked through the readings for these weeks after Easter, I was very surprised to find myself feeling almost flooded with love: Love seemed to be everywhere!! Of course, many…
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