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Anna is a housing enthusiast (especially for homeless people). She is busy trying to get the Denver Catholic Worker open and sits on the board of the Beloved Community Village which is a tiny home village for homeless people.
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Micah McCabe, a Female Prophet and Tobin Award Winner

By Anna Koop SL / July 1, 2021 /
A woman with long brown hair, wearing a blue dress with white detailing and assorted bracelets smiling with a man and woman in dress clothes while displaying a polished wood and glass trophy at an outdoor award ceremony on a sunny day.

It was a beautiful day on May 19 when we gathered on the hill in front of Holy Family High School in Denver. Family, friends, administration and faculty of the…

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A First-hand Report From Wuhan

By Anna Koop SL / March 1, 2020 /
A religious vow ceremony crowd standing inside a church. Mostly nuns, with some men wearing white button-up shirts they're all reading white paper booklets.

(Editor’s Note: Anna Koop shares with Interchange the following background and letter from Sr. Clara Zhang who lives in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, where the new Coronavirus was first discovered…

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Remembrance of the Life of Gordie Albi CoL

By Anna Koop SL / August 3, 2019 /
A black and white headshot picture of a woman with short, light-colored hair smiling softly while wearing dangle earrings and a sweater.

How privileged I was to have  known  Gordie Albi. I can’t quite remember how it was that she became acquainted with the Denver Catholic Worker, but she definitely became a…

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Nuns on the Bus

By Anna Koop SL / December 1, 2018 /
Four women standing at a craft table at a social event pictured candidly.

At 9 a.m. on Sept. 15 (the feast of Our Lady of Sorrows) a gaggle of folks including Pat McCormick, Joan Spero, Martha Crawley, Cathy Mueller and I rallied outside…

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Ann Wall Richards Celebrates Her Co-membership

By Anna Koop SL / February 1, 2018 /
Two women, both with short grey hair and wire-framed glasses smiling brightly together for a picture together indoors. One woman has her arm around her friend's shoulder.

The dining room at the Loretto Center was filled with friends and family of Ann Wall Richards this past Dec. 19. Ann had completed the process for becoming a co-member…

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Longtime Loretto Friend, Ann Wall Richards, Becomes Co-member

By Anna Koop SL / May 1, 2017 /
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Ann Wall Richards now can be assured that she can put Loretto Community Member on her tombstone, which she said was one of her long-term goals. Ann has been a…

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