Archive for May 2026
Reflection on the Feast of the Most Holy Trinity
The Trinity: Father, Son and Spirit, one God, three persons. Nobody understands what that really means. We proclaim it as a truth, but there is no way to capture all…
Read MoreLoretto Justice Fellow Spring Reflection
By Elizabeth O’Hara, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow My brother and I took time to catch up the other day. Like any siblings, we lead very different lives despite living under…
Read MoreRemembrance of the Life of Robert Strobridge CoL
Loretto Co-member Robert Strobridge died May 28, 2026, at Bickford Manor, Cedar Falls, Iowa, with his sister and other family nearby at the time of his death. Bob would have been 97…
Read MoreEnd of Year Justice Fellow Reflection: Ciudad Nueva
By Debbie Ledesma, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow When I first walked into orientation with Loretto Justice Fellowship and Ciudad Nueva, I was stepping into a world that was entirely new…
Read MoreLoretto Justice Fellowship Final Reflection
By Genesis Rodriguez, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow What a journey this year has been from orientation until now. I still remember how nervous I was to begin this experience, and…
Read MoreLiving Laudato Si’ – daily!
The Loretto Community is committed to participating in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, and many of the Loretto schools have done the same. Liz Deines SL, acting campus minister at…
Read MoreBetween Spaces
By Dani Felix, 2025 – ’26 Loretto Justice Fellow at Abara As my fellowship comes to an end, I have been thinking a lot about how important it is to…
Read MoreReflection on Pentecost Sunday
Acts 2:1-11 1Cor 12:3b-7,12-13 John 20:19-23 Good morning and welcome to Pentecost! I am going to ask that we use our imaginations this morning to imagine us as Jesus’ disciples…
Read MoreLoretto Justice Fellow End of Year Reflection
Loretto Justice Fellow Edward Smith completed his fellowship with the Opportunity Center and reflects on his experience: It has been six months since I finished my last reflection paper, and…
Read MoreInvisible Threads
“Invisible Threads,” the April gathering in Boulder, Colo., of members of the Vietnamese adoptee group, warmed our hearts and brought hope. During these days we were able to individually share…
Read MoreLoretto students, alums share their gratitude for ‘the Loretto way’
Here is what the kids say: “I made new friends, best friends!” “I met kids from 15 different countries.”“Did you know I can read?”“I won a prize in math class!”“Our team…
Read MoreReflection on the Seventh Sunday of Easter
This Gospel reading from John is the longest prayer in all the Bible. Somewhere around the 17th century it came to be called “the Priestly Prayer.” I personally find this…
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