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Eleanor Craig SL

Sister Eleanor Craig SL, Loretto Community Historian, served as director of the Loretto Heritage Center Archives and Museum from 2012-2020. While beginning her Loretto ministry as a math teacher, she soon developed a way of teaching life lessons through storytelling and adventure traveling, including, as Eleanor once put it, leading more wagon trains along the old western trails than any mountain man. She is guided by an inner passion for the natural world, for history in its natural context, and for teaching beyond the walls of a school. Now into her 80th decade, Eleanor is still avidly listening, reading and writing, and telling true stories.

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / October 8, 2024 /

Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL died Oct. 8, 2024, at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. Her niece, Sister Cathy…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / October 5, 2024 /

Loretto Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe died Oct. 5 at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. She was 82 and in…

Reflection on the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eleanor Craig SL / September 22, 2024 /

Wisdom 2:12-20 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37 Have you ever been jealous of someone else’s success? I have. Have you ever grumbled about or teased someone for doing the right thing?…

Seeking Home: Commemorating 200 years at Loretto Motherhouse

By Eleanor Craig SL / September 18, 2024 /

In the beginning … This story is about an unusual group of women, daughters of Maryland settlers. They were young women who came together on the Kentucky frontier in the…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Rosemary Chinnici SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / August 20, 2024 /

Rosemary Chinnici wrote much of her own story in documents now in the Loretto Archives.  In her own words, then, we follow her life: “I was born in Altadena, Calif.,…

Reflection on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

By Eleanor Craig SL / August 4, 2024 /

Exodus 16:2-15.                Ephesians 4:17-24.                  John 6:24-35 Bread is the central image of today’s readings, as…

Reflection on the Feast of Corpus Christi

By Eleanor Craig SL / June 2, 2024 /

Isaiah 25     1 Corinthians       Matthew 25 Seeking Home—Corpus Christi—Mystical Body You probably noticed: This morning’s readings are not those from the lectionary; I chose them…

Reflection on the Fourth Sunday of Easter

By Eleanor Craig SL / April 21, 2024 /

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…

Reflection on Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord

By Eleanor Craig SL / March 31, 2024 /

Acts 10:34-43                      1 Cor 5:6-8               Mark 16:1-7 We have arrived this morning, at the conclusion of Holy Week, to greet a new day.  With one third of the peoples of…

Remembrance of the Life of Loretto Sister Ann (formerly Sister Michael Ann) Skeffington

By Eleanor Craig SL / March 28, 2024 /

Loretto Sister Ann Skeffington died peacefully March 28, 2024, at the Loretto Living Center, Loretto Motherhouse, Nerinx, Ky. She was 88 and in the 69th year of her religious commitment. She was born…

Reflection on the Fifth Sunday of Lent

By Eleanor Craig SL / March 17, 2024 /

The very familiar Gospel story of Lazarus’ death and rising has so many Christian themes running through it: death and dying, of course; life and hope; faithful friendship; rising and…

A lifelong dream comes true

By Eleanor Craig SL / March 1, 2024 /

It was Aug. 15, 1980, and a novice was pronouncing her first vows at Loretto Motherhouse as so many had done before her, except … the ceremony was held in…

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