Archive for February 2025
IGNITE Event Reflection
A key goal of the Loretto Justice Fellowship program is to carry forward Loretto’s legacy, particularly in empowering Loretto-connected young women to work for justice and act for peace, doing…
Read MoreFor a New Age: In Kentucky and Colorado Loretto’s Newest Members Set Strides
Original author unknown This article was republished from the Winter 1964 issue of Loretto Magazine. It takes a look at the changes to the Loretto Novitiate in the 1960s. When…
Read MoreLoretto stands with immigrants: yesterday, today and always
Loretto’s spirit of advocacy reflects its mission of “working for justice and acting for peace because the Gospel urges us.” Both in the Old and New Testament scriptures, one can…
Read MoreReflection on the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sam.26:7-23/Cor.16:45-49/Luke 6:27-38 A drawing in the Missalette for this Sunday has Jesus speaking to the disciples. Jesus has his hand raised pointing at them as if to say, “I have…
Read MoreNew Kentucky bill could let religious organizations develop affordable housing: What to know
Updated February 17, 2025 Senate passes Higdon Bill to expand affordable housing Senate Bill 59 heads to House Click here to read about the Kentucky Senate passing the Higdon Bill…
Read MoreLoretto Living Center – A Loretto Treasure!
For where your treasure is, Jesus said, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:1-21 Loretto Living Center is Loretto’s treasure and holds our hearts in every corner of its…
Read MoreReflection on the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
The first reading is a timely reminder that in tough times we still have what we need, just like a deeply rooted tree planted near water, and we can effectively…
Read MoreUpdate from the Loretto Land Justice Committee
The Loretto Land Justice Team of 2022-2024 has just transitioned into the Loretto Land Justice Committee of 2025-2029. And the work continues without a break: For two properties, in Kansas and in…
Read MoreWhat do you love about Loretto? Let us count the ways!
The Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto tells us in Article 11 that “Loretto came to be and comes to be through the creative Spirit of God, whose grace worked…
Read MoreReflection on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 6:1-8, Luke 5:1-11 Today’s readings — the Isaiah reading and the section from Luke’s Gospel — present us with two people, Isaiah and Peter, at the very beginning of…
Read MoreRe-discovering America: Understanding colonization
On Dec. 2 at the Loretto Motherhouse L. Kilan Jacobs came carrying the whole life of his Osage history, which he shared with us without any notes. He covered a…
Read MoreLACC Immigration Spotlight
By Rosa Lizarde CoL The Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) hosted our first Immigration Spotlight of 2025 on Jan. 24, four days after Inauguration Day. For us it was vital to provide…
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