Sirach 27:30-28:7 Romans 14:7-9 Matthew 18:21-35 Perfect timing, that’s what today’s readings are, perfectly timed for the events and crises and commemorations in the news this week. Forgiveness, giving it and receiving…
The Loretto Community has finalized a two-year lease agreement with Seeds by Canela, a non-profit agriculture project in San Elizario, Texas. The agreement is a concrete step toward the reparative justice to which Loretto committed at Assembly 2024 in creating…
Loretto Co-member Peg Jacobs died peacefully in the company of her family and Loretto friends as the Community was together in prayer Sunday morning, June 28, 2026. Peg, who was 93, had been a friend of Loretto since meeting Mary…
Exodus 19:2-6 Romans 5:6-11 Matt 9:36-10:8 This year the Gospel of Matthew had been leading us through the mysteries of life and faith. The year opened last Advent with Matthew’s first chapters,…
Acts 4:8-12 1 John 3:1-2 John 10:11-18 “Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said, ‘It was in the name of Jesus Christ … that this man … is healed. There is no salvation through anyone else. There is no other…
Sister Katherine Ann Heinz died quietly March 14, 2026, at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. She would have celebrated her 79th jubilee April 25, 2026. She was 97 years old and was active nearly to the end of her days.…
‘The history of enslavement by Catholic bishops and clergy, by religious communities and by large swaths of the Catholic laity from 1619 through the Civil War is not well known and ought to be.’ Eleanor Craig SL, CARA award ceremony,…
Sister Jeanne (formerly Sister Eugenie Marie) Dueber SL died Jan. 25 at Loretto Living Center in the 67th year of her Loretto commitment. Jeanne was 88, a well-respected artist, sculptor and teacher. Members of the Loretto Motherhouse Community and of her…
Isaiah 8:23-9:3 1 Corinthians 1:10-17 Matthew 4:12-23 This is the third time, the third Sunday, that the Gospel invites us to walk with Jesus at the very beginning of his public life. First we witnessed him on the banks…
Loretto Co-member Mary Louise Murphy died Jan. 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. She was 87. Mary Louise Lea Murphy was born in Nashville, Tenn., the oldest of six children of Luke and Sarah Hynes Lea. She first met the Sisters…
Isaiah 11:1-10 Romans 15:4-9 Matthew 3:1-12 The days are getting darker, still, and will for another two weeks. It gives me hope in these dark days of winter to know that the darkness is…
Loretto Sister Patricia “Pat” (formerly Sister Vincent Marie) Frueh died peacefully Nov. 15 at Loretto Motherhouse, with Loretto Co-member Kitty Madden by her side. Pat was 92 and in the 73rd year of her religious profession. What follows is Sister…