February 2026 – Page 2 of 2 – Loretto Community

Loretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL

By Loretto Community | February 25, 2026 |

An older white woman wearing glasses smiles for a photo outside a decorative metal door.

It’s a community of joy. Mary Catherine Widger SL Mary Catherine Widger SL has served those with intellectual disabilities for 50-plus years. In this issue of Loretto Magazine, read about…

Reflection on the First Sunday of Lent

By Mary Ann McGivern SL | February 22, 2026 |

Today’s first reading and the Gospel are about temptation. They speak for themselves. But Psalm 30, stuck in between, is a prayer of forgiveness. Here’s the third stanza: “ Then I…

Special Needs Fund Update

By Mary Nelle Gage SL | February 18, 2026 |

Older residents at the Loretto Motherhouse in Kentucky sitting around a table with a West End Women's Collaborative member creating a collage.

Loretto’s Special Needs Fund is one component of Loretto’s Mission, as inspired and directed by our Loretto Constitutions: “As we stand with Mary at the Foot of the Cross, we…

Lent with Loretto, week one: The first sorrow of Mary

By Loretto Community | February 18, 2026 |

The First of the Seven Sorrows: Mary listens to Simeon’s prophecy that a sword will pierce her heart. Let us pray: From I Am The Way “As friends of Mary,…

Join Loretto this Lent as we walk with Mary through her Seven Sorrows

By Loretto Community | February 16, 2026 |

A black-and-white postcard looking down the walk leading into the Loretto Motherhouse Cemetery with the stations of the Seven Dolors along the way. Text at the bottom of the postcard reads "Via Matris Dolorosae Mother House. Loretto. KY."

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, begins our Lenten journey. This year, Loretto will gather weekly in prayer guided by Scripture through the Seven Sorrows of Mary. The choice is quite fitting,…

Reflection on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kathy Wright SL | February 15, 2026 |

These readings remind us of the freedom we have, the freedom to choose and to make right choices and be in right relationship with God, others and with creation. In…

Practicing Nonviolent Direct Action

By Mary Ann McGivern SL | February 11, 2026 |

A colorful banner with a white dove and a gradient color background of pink and blue with the text, "We work for justice and act for peace"

Perhaps you heard a racist joke and you didn’t laugh. Or you went further and said, “That’s not funny.” You engaged in nonviolent direct action. Does this surprise you? You…

Reflection on the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Kim Klein CoL | February 8, 2026 |

A few years ago, I led a Bible study. It was for people who did not know much about the Bible, and it was simply an attempt to help them…

Remembrance of the Life of Martha McNamara CoL

By Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL | February 6, 2026 |

Loretto Co-member Martha McNamara died Feb. 6 at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. She was 79. Martha was born to Robert Rihn McNamara and Rebecca Black McNamara in Elizabethtown,…

Remembrance of the Life of Robin Marlow CoL

By Loretto Community | February 5, 2026 |

Loretto Co-member Robin Marlow died in her sleep Feb. 5, 2026, after having suffered a massive stroke the week before. She was 76. Robin was a Loretto Co-member since 2024…

Envisioning a Bright Future: The Good Works of Loretto’s Committees

By Loretto Community | February 2, 2026 |

Two people pose for a photo with their signs at a protest in a park. The woman's sign reads "We are not ok" with an upside-down American flag. The man's sign reads "We are America: Immigrant rights are human rights!"

Loretto believes the Gospels – and Pope Francis‘s encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” – call us to imagine and help build a future marked by healing,…

Reflection on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Susan Classen CoL | February 1, 2026 |

The Beatitudes offer words of comfort. It’s reassuring to know that God is with us in our grief and that suffering won’t have the last word. But what if Jesus…

The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.

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