Archive for July 2024
Loretto’s Midweek Mission Message: Mission focused and issue driven
This week Loretto’s Facebook page will feature posts from Loretto’s “Midweek Mission Message.” Midweek Mission Message, or MMM for short, is a weekly email series that highlights various mission focuses…
Read MoreReflection on the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I read the first reading the first thing that came to my mind was the number of people from the U.S. who came to Haiti and asked why we…
Read MoreRead the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 7/26/2024
Loretto Motherhouse Farm officially a Kentucky Heritage Farm
The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age which have stayed in…
Read MoreLoretto Retreats Monday Musings
Every Monday, Loretto retreat staff Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media we’d like to share a…
Read MoreSisters of Loretto Elect Des Moines Native To Lead Congregation
Posted by the Diocese of Des Moines on July 23, 2024 The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July…
Read MoreWith a song in our hearts: Loretto loves music!
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do! Loretto loves music! All kinds of music. Loretto loves popular music and old songs that touch our hearts. Loretto loves jazz. Loretto…
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 as we heard from Mary Ann McGivern last Sunday, giving them authority over unclean spirits.…
Read MoreLoretto archivists: Caretakers? Detectives? Techies? All of the above!
The Loretto Heritage Center includes both an Archive and a Museum where the 200-plus-year history of the Sisters of Loretto and the 40-plus-year history of the Loretto Community are documented…
Read MoreReflection on the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Prophecy in Scripture means telling the truth, not telling the future. And the kind of truth-telling none of us like comes from people we think are not as good as…
Read MoreLoretto Community’s new leadership to take office September 15
The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July 5-10 Delegate Assembly in Louisville, Ky. Sister Buffy will take office…
Read MoreWish You Were Here: Loretto History in Postcards
Most everyone has received postcards from friends having fun while traveling to beautiful and interesting places, and hopefully we’ve had the opportunity to send a few, as well. Postcards are…
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