Archive for March 2023
Reflection on the Third Sunday of Lent
Since the Gospel today is so long, I have selected specific phrases to reflect on, rather than weaving a coherent homily. The story of the “Woman at the Well” is…
Read MorePosts from Pakistan: 3.9.2023
The days fly by as we now enter the second half of our precious time here. I recently read a reflection of Richard Rohr’s about the “extrovert mystic” and pilgrimage.…
Read MorePosts from Pakistan: 3.8.2023
Greetings to you all from Pakistan! Richard Rohr wrote the other day that a pilgrimage is a kind of extroverted mysticism. Anna and I like that image. I myself am deluged…
Read MoreLoretto Members Worldwide Respond to Climate Change Crisis
Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our…
Read MoreLoretto Members Respond to Climate Change Questions
This week we asked our members abroad the following questions: How does climate change affect you and the people with whom you work? What do you wish people in the…
Read MoreReflection on the Second Sunday of Lent
Last Sunday we followed Jesus into the desert. Jesus was at the beginning of this work he sensed himself called to do. We were reading from the fourth chapter of Matthew’s Gospel,…
Read MoreFeminist Theology of Rosemary Ruether
In November 2022, Dr. Mary Hunt, co-director of WATER, Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual and longtime friend of Loretto gave a presentation about the feminist theology of Rosemary Ruether. Rosemary…
Read MoreWhat is Emerging?
During the past several years, according to a variety of surveys, there has been a notable decrease of Christians attending religious services and a lesser decrease in other religious traditions,…
Read More38th annual MLK Jr. birthday celebration is a success
Jan. 16, 2023 was the Loretto Community’s 38th year to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The event is known as a Marade. In 1983, the U.S. Congress introduced…
Read MoreAnna and Mary Ann off to Pakistan
On February 10 Anna Koop and Mary Ann McGivern left Louisville, Ky., destined for Lahore, Pakistan. They flew from Louisville to Dallas, to Doha in Qatar, then on to Lahore.…
Read MoreA rewarding visit to Shaker Village
Recently a small group from Loretto Motherhouse paid a neighborly visit to the site of one of Kentucky’s oldest religious communities. We sought wisdom from their experience, so like Loretto’s.…
Read MoreSpotlight on Loretto wisdom women
Editor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to the sisters and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members. The…
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