Archive for October 2024
Considering Life and Death
Kaitlyn Marie Wise was killed on Valentine’s Day, 2023. She was 29 years old and lived in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. On May 13, 2024, more than a year later,…
Read MoreMeet the sisters in the Together Program
Originally posted on the Religious Formation Conference website October 2024. The four vowed women religious in this year’s Together program took some time to respond to questions about themselves. Learn…
Read MoreReflection on the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 31:7–9 Hebrews 5:1–6 Mark 10:46–52 The combination of the three readings this morning raises some provocative questions. What is a miracle?…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Patricia ‘Pat’ McShea CoL
Loretto Co-member Patricia “Pat” (Miller) McShea died peacefully Oct. 23 at her home in Littleton, Colo. Pat’s husband, Loretto Co-member George McShea, and their daughter, Joyanne, were at her side.…
Read MoreLetter to the Editor
Below is a letter to the editor I wrote that was printed in the Santa Fe New Mexican on Aug. 17. The important thing is to get people across the country…
Read MoreMeet our 2024-2025 Loretto Justice Fellows!
Meet our 2024/2025 Loretto Justice Fellows! Our Fellows are students at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University. Loretto’s nine Fellows are pursuing various studies,…
Read MoreKentucky Foundation for Women announces 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residents
Published October 19, 2024 by the Kentucky Standard. Kentucky Foundation for Women is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters…
Read MoreReflection on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Have you ever said a bold yes to a request or a directive and then discovered it demanded more than you anticipated? You are asked to move from teaching third…
Read MoreUpdate from Loretto/BVM at the UN
October is indeed a month of bountiful harvests — just a few weeks ago we recognized the International Day of Non-Violence, and today is World Food Day (WFD). WFD is celebrated internationally…
Read MoreLoretto and Land Justice Futures: working toward healing land, people and communities
In mid-2022 the Loretto Community was invited to participate in the Nuns and Nones (N&N) Land Justice project. N&N was aware of Loretto’s interest in this topic, as demonstrated by…
Read MoreNew Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis
Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care.…
Read MoreReflection on the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“As Jesus was setting out on a journey…” We’ve all been there, setting out on our journeys. And we do this time and time again. Like the man in today’s…
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