Dear Reader,Is this how it is with you? We are entering the season when nature’s way is to let the sap recede. That takes energy, of course, but a restful energy. In actuality, we are gearing up in so many…
Dear Reader, One of the most memorable commentaries that Sister Mary Luke Tobin ever articulated came in reference to the Sisters of Loretto who made the decision to leave the congregation in the years following the Second Vatican Council. Mary…
Recently, I received a letter from a fifth grader at St. Mary’s Academy in Englewood, Colo. I’ll call her Bridget. “I love helping others, drawing and building things to help people,” Bridget wrote. “I like being a Loretto Leader because…
Dear Reader, In a previous issue, I wrote briefly about my few days spent as a resident in the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary where I recovered from the surgical procedure called a cardiac ablation. I’d like toshare a little more with…
Dear Loretto Community. Warm greetings to each of you. As the 4th Thursday in November approaches, I think of it as the most culturally conflicted, historically misunderstood of our national holidays, one that remains mired in controversy. Long before President…
Everyone around the Loretto Motherhouse is exclaiming over the recognition of Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary as “The Best of Kentucky” by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities/Kentucky Center for Assisted Living (KAHCF/KCAL). Administrator Michelle Essex accepted the award at the association’s annual meeting Nov.…
Annually, the board of the Loretto High School Alumnae Association, following consultation with the members at the business meeting, awards small grants of up to $500 to sisters and co-members of Loretto to support projects in which they are involved…
Responsible Planning for the Future (RPF) is the name of a new committee suggested in 2015 by the Community Forum and affirmed by the Forum in 2016. One of the tasks of the RPF Committee is to design processes through…