Archive for September 2021
Loretto and the Farm Worker Ministry: Standing Together for 50 Years!
What was on your dinner table this evening? Perhaps you enjoyed strawberries or lettuce, tomatoes, chilies, soybean products, cherries, corn, carrots, potatoes, avocados, beets and more, all representative of God’s…
Read MoreReflection on the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Numbers 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38 … 48 “Whoever is not against us is for us.” With these cryptic words, Jesus breaks through the partisan clannishness of his disciples and…
Read MoreRead the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 9/24/2021
Loretto Peace Committee Urges Action, Study and Prayer for Peace
The Loretto Committee for Peace takes actions that represent the Loretto Community and educates our members and friends on the issues and steps we can take to make peace. The…
Read MoreReflection on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I was still in the classroom many years ago, the children would often ask me as to why Jesus would tell his disciples not to tell anyone after He…
Read MoreFeast of Our Lady of Sorrows
The feast of Our Lady of Sorrows has been honored in Loretto from our very foundation. The prayer written by students in Loretto schools at the top of every classroom…
Read More‘Expecting All from God’s Goodness’
To describe Loretto spirituality, a person would need to create a big canvas. On the canvas would be the photo of every member, the places where Loretto members do mission,…
Read MoreReflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 50:4-9; Mark 8:27-35 We can imagine the scene we have just heard described. Jesus and a few others walking along the road, maybe on a day like this, heading…
Read MoreLoretto Volunteer Program: Fostering the Spirit of Loretto
We are excited to kick off the 2021-2022 Loretto Volunteer Program year! We are welcoming seven Volunteers who will serve with social justice organizations in Denver and El Paso, Texas,…
Read MoreReflection on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
“ Here comes your God . . . who comes to save you. Then will the eyes of the blind be opened, the ears of the deaf be cleared.” In…
Read MoreAssistant NGO Representative to the UN: Jax Viteznik, Loretto Volunteer
Jax Viteznik comes from the green and rainy city of Portland, Ore., where her family and beloved dog Monty still lives. Jax attended the St. Mary’s Academy of the Holy…
Read MoreWhat is Emerging?
In July, many of the Loretto Community members and others participated in a retreat sponsored by Loretto Link — the theme was “Seeing with New Eyes” or “Seeing with the…
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