Archive for August 2025
Reflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
I start by admitting that I have a mixed relationship with the virtue of humility, which is the main point of the reading for today. When I was a kid,…
Read MoreFarm to Table Dinner 2025 Registration
The Farm to Table Dinner on October 18th is completely sold out! Thank you for your interest and support of the Loretto Motherhouse Farm and the Marion County 4-H and…
Read MoreElaine Marie Prevallet SL: Spiritual writer, mystic, humble of heart
“For those of you who do not know anything about Elaine Prevallet, let me just tell you that she is well known in the Loretto Community as a spiritual writer,…
Read MoreBack to School Ag Bash 2025
By Angela Rakes The Back to School Ag Bash was a wonderful success at the Motherhouse Aug. 2! It was our largest event with over 600 visitors. The weather was…
Read MoreLACC deepens commitment to protect, defend dignity of immigrant neighbors
This week on Loretto’s socials, the Loretto Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) highlights LACC’s 2025 work to strengthen its partnerships in the U.S. and Mexico, support colleagues working on the front…
Read MoreReflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
I read these readings several weeks ago to begin reflecting on them. And then I went to the LCWR meetings and heard messages of hope, inclusion and new forms of…
Read MoreNew Pioneers makes a splash with first ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ day camp
Posted by The Kentucky Standard July 26, 2025 New Pioneers, in proud partnership with the Loretto Community, successfully hosted its inaugural summer day camp this June, Where the Wild Things…
Read MoreMoral Monday – Speak Out for Justice
On Monday Aug. 18, 2025, the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee hosted a Speak Out for Justice event outside of Rep. James Comer’s Danville, Ky. office. There were roughly 75 attendees…
Read MoreReflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Well, we have Jeremiah down at the bottom of a well, Paul exhorting us that we haven’t shed any blood yet in our effort to do God’s will, and Jesus…
Read MoreThe amazing artistry of Jeanne Dueber SL
My work continues to be organic and, more specifically, rooted in the human figure. However, I frequently stay at the cutting edge of the purely abstract and the real, sometimes…
Read MorePeace Prayer
By Mary Ellen McElroy We all are aware of the August 6 and 9 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago by the United States military. And we are…
Read MoreHonoring the heart of Loretto education: Teachers, staff and board members
What a privilege to write about the educators, staff and board members who make Loretto-connected schools thrive! Without them, the doors would not open and the transformative work of teaching…
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