Archive for June 2025
Refugees enrich our lives
I recently received a “begging letter” from the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), an agency based in Washington, D.C., working with refugee populations around the world. I’d given them some…
Read MoreHonoring Ann Manganaro and Foundation Day
By Jen Staed Duane Bridges, music director at Nerinx Hall, has been inspired by many Loretto women. After reading Ann Manganaro’s poetry collection, “Give Me a Living Love,” Duane knew…
Read MoreA billboard call to justice
The May day was clear, cooled by a light wind. The billboard sparkled. Dominicans and Lorettos and other sisters and friends gathered on the parking lot above Kentucky Highway 55…
Read MoreReflection on Pentecost Sunday
On Memorial Day, I watched the National Memorial Day celebration on television. It was a lovely tribute to those who have put themselves on the front line to protect our…
Read MoreCreating New Life in Old Spaces
By Angela Rakes After a long restoration, the Old Tobacco Barn at Loretto Motherhouse has has been a crucial part of bringing new life to the Motherhouse. So far it…
Read More‘A pope for the world’: Sisters around the globe share hopes for Leo XIV’s papacy
Published by National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report May 16, 2025 A week after Pope Leo XIV was elected, Catholic sisters around the world have hopes for change under the…
Read MoreLoretto Motherhouse: A Happening Place!
Since 1824, the Sisters of Loretto have called Loretto Motherhouse – a land of deep interior forests, tranquil lakes and blooming meadows – home. Countless people have lived, worked and…
Read MoreLoretto Community and Loretto Link offer joint statement on Gaza
The Loretto Community and Loretto Link condemn Israel’s ongoing genocide in Palestine and call on all people of conscience to engage in whatever ways possible to make clear to our…
Read MoreReflection on the Ascension of the Lord/Seventh Sunday of Easter
The section of John’s Gospel that we have just heard is part of what we know as the “last discourse,” Jesus’ words and his prayer at the Last Supper, when…
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