Archive for August 2025
Preserving the Land with Love and Devotion
Posted by The Daily Yonder August 7, 2025 Donna Eder visits the Cedars of Peace hermitages at the Loretto Motherhouse at least four times a year. Here in a small…
Read MoreReflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
“Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen.” A large group of family members had gathered in Gaza for a meal and to…
Read MoreSisters Speak Out
The Lebanon, Ky., librarian was thrilled when Loretto Co-member Carolyn Jaramillo asked if space was available for a meeting where Loretto Community members would lead a “speak out.” Carolyn explained…
Read MoreLoretto prays, acts for peace on 80th anniversary of bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki
There is nothing else more important to do this week but to remember and pray for peace and to ask God to guide all countries in the way of peace.…
Read More80 years after Hiroshima, anti-nuclear activists are still fighting for progress
Posted by Global Sisters Report August 4, 2025 For those active in nuclear disarmament work, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and 9,…
Read MoreThe power of reckoning: How Catholic Church records can help African Americans uncover their ancestry
Posted by Black Catholic Messenger August 1, 2025 The intersection of the Catholic Church with the transatlantic slave trade is extensive, and the investigation of its history and effects has…
Read MoreReflection on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Ecclesiastes 1:2, 2:21-23 Psalm 90 (91) Colossians 3:1-11 Luke 12:13-21 In today’s first reading, from the beginning of the book of…
Read MoreSisters support defense of Apache sacred site, ‘religious freedom for Native Americans’
Published by Global Sisters Report July 31, 2025 With its ancient Emory oaks, canyons and volcanic rock formations, Oak Flat is a place where, in late afternoon, the quiet approach…
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