Archive for July 2021
Former Kentucky convent finds new life as compassionate care home
Published by the Global Sisters Report on July 28, 2021 It has been said with some authority (Mark 2:22) that one does not put new wine into old wineskins. That…
Read MoreGifts Freely Given: Loretto Talents on Display!
Loretto Archives keeps thousands of pictures of our Sisters and Co-members — very fun photos, views of celebrations, service, pictures of religious experiences and so much more. Each image tells…
Read MoreReflection on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
In the first reading, Elisha feeds the people with 20 barley loaves. When the servant protested that it was not enough, Elisha replied simply, “Give it to the people to…
Read MoreRead the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 7/23/2021
Good Samaritans: Loretto Members Practice What They Preach!
Loretto’s Constitutions tell us, “The Spirit of God is not bound. It reveals itself in the lives of everyone. Even as we give to others, we acknowledge our need to…
Read MoreReflection on the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mark 6:30-34 Earlier in this chapter of Mark’s Gospel Jesus sends out the Twelve, two by two, giving them authority over unclean spirits. They were to wear the clothes they…
Read MoreLoretto Magazine and Annual Report – Summer 2021
Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Wren Smith Loretto & Earth Jessie Rathburn grew up close to the land in the Texas hill country. Her parents, educated in biology,…
Read MoreLoretto Volunteer brings deep awareness to her work at Angelica Village
By Becca Krasky, Loretto Volunteer At its best, a deep time awareness might help us see ourselves as part of a web of gift, inheritance and legacy stretching over millions…
Read MorePakistan Community enriched by new participants
The purpose of the Come and See program is for the participant to acquaint herself with religious life and the Loretto Community. This includes a study of Loretto’s history, values,…
Read MoreLoretto Community members residing at award winning Infirmary have mission to pray for all
Joy Jensen SL lives in Loretto’s Infirmary at the Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. She tells us that, while the coronavirus period has been difficult, Infirmary staff have worked diligently to…
Read MoreEarthLinks: 25 years bringing healing beauty of nature to homeless individuals
EarthLinks … creates Earth-centered programming for people experiencing homelessness and economic poverty. EarthLinks program participants are given a safe, peaceful space to foster empowerment resilience, and collectivity while also sustaining…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Sister Theresa (formerly Sister John Bosco) Coyle SL
Editor’s note: This is Theresa Louise Coyle’s own account of her life, pieced together from much longer essays whichshe composed in the decades since her Golden Jubilee in 1998. “In…
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