Archive for December 2021
A life lived for the sake of the other
In May 1973, 28-year-old Susan Carol McDonald SL arrived in Vietnam to work with Rosemary Taylor, an Australian nurse who had been caring for orphans and arranging for their adoptions…
Read MoreWorking toward healing
Building a preschool in Vietnam Paulette Peterson CoL had started preschools in the U.S., so when she arrived in Vietnam in 1974, she went to work establishing a preschool at…
Read MoreA miracle meeting brings sweet tears
1973, Saigon, Vietnam, New Haven Nursery The newborn was dropped off at New Haven Nursery where Susan Carol McDonald SL was the director. She logged the baby into her register,…
Read MoreOn the ground as the North Vietnamese army advanced
Aiding orphans in Vietnam wasn’t new to Ruth Routten CoL, an American Airlines flight attendant who, on her days off, had escorted children from Vietnam to adoptive families starting in…
Read MoreVietnam: answering the call
‘Get your passport, get your shots; I need help.’ Susan Carol McDonald SL to Mary Nelle Gage SL in June 1973 The Vietnam War gave rise to thousands of orphans.…
Read MoreThe Advent Season: ’In the beginning was the Word’
“In the beginning was the Word.” Those timeless words begin the Gospel of John. Imagine God at home in us! What a mystery, and what a gift! For four short…
Read MoreReflection on the Second Sunday of Advent
At least two times since living here I have seen crooked roads made straight: Bardstown Road into Louisville and more recently Highway 49 from Loretto to Lebanon. Those projects took…
Read MoreLoretto nourishes the creative spirit in Pakistan
Some believe poverty hinders creativity; Loretto believes otherwise. St. Anthony School is situated in the slums of Lahore where people earn $1 or $2 per day. The students come in…
Read MoreNewest Loretto Volunteers bring passion for justice to Loretto and to community work
Loretto Volunteers explore and embody the program’s core values of intentional community, spirituality, solidarity, sustainability and social justice. We are excited to kick off the 2021-2022 Loretto Volunteer Program year!…
Read MoreFood Systems at COP26
Who could resist a session entitled “Helping Everyone Eat Better”? This Green Zone, or public access, session was sponsored by Sainsbury’s, the second-largest grocery chain in the United Kingdom. It…
Read MoreWhat is Emerging?
During the past few months, the Loretto Community has been given the opportunity to become more involved in the needed changes in the government section of I Am the Way,…
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