Reflection on the Second Sunday of Lent
Genesis 15:5-18 Philippians 3:20-4:1 Luke 9:28b-36 In these days of war and mounting danger, I find it difficult to know how to pray, for whom and for what. Probably most people turn to the Scriptures or…
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 Mary Lou Gomez-Leon CoL
Mary Lou Gomez-Leon was born May 3, 1927, to Laurencia Aizpuru and Ignacio Gomez-Leon. She was the older sister of Ignacio (Nacho) and Eddie. Mary Lou’s passions were her family, friends and music. An accomplished musician Mary Lou played a variety of…
Loretto and the Saint
Imagine having an income of $1000 a day and an inclination to be helpful to the most neglected communities of people. What would you do with your money? In 1885, Katharine Drexel lost her father, a wealthy and socially prominent…
Reflection on the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jeremiah 1:1-19 Psalm 71: 1-17 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21:30 This morning’s Gospel reading from Luke follows directly from last Sunday’s reading. And the two together bring to completion Luke’s introduction of Jesus. From here on out, we will be…
Remembrance of the Life of Sister Angela Mary (formerly Sister Stephen Mary) Murphy SL
Angela Mary Murphy was born in Sterling, Ill., the daughter of Stephen Andrew Murphy and Genevieve Angela Potts. Angie was very proud that her great grandfather, Henry Potts, was a Civil War veteran who fought in the battle of Perryville,…
Remembrance of the Life of Mary Edith Jones Seematter CoL
Mary Edith Jones was born on March 28, 1937, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, the first of eight children of Ernest Robert and Rosemary Furlong Jones. She grew up with four brothers and three sisters in the southwest St.…
Reflection on the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph
1 Samuel 1:20–28 1 John 3:1-24 Luke 2:41-52 Yesterday we celebrated Jesus’ “Birth Day,” and today we celebrate his family. Jesus was given to us in a family, given to us as the son of Mary and Joseph, grandson of…
Remembrance of the Life of Sister Ann (formerly Sister Ann Maurice) Barrett SL
Sister Ann Barrett wrote a brief account of her family life in 1976. We recognize in these two paragraphs her lifelong love for her family and place of origin, an affection she often shared with us: “My memories of my…
Reflection on the First Sunday of Advent
Jeremiah 33:14-16 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2 Luke 21:25-36 Last Sunday, the final Sunday of the liturgical year, Mary Swain pointed out to us that the Feast of Christ the King is as much a beginning as an…
Reflection on the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
1 Kings 17:10-16 Hebrews 9:24-28 Mark 12:41-44 Widows are the heroines of today’s readings. That’s an odd reversal of scriptural stereotypes. Widows are poor and rarely noticed except during days of jubilee, when the righteous are…
Bernalillo Indian Boarding School
Loretto’s school at Bernalillo opened in April 1875 as a day school for local children. It did not at first include Native American children but did have 15 orphan girls whose tuition was paid by the Territory of New Mexico…
Reflection on the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Isaiah 53:10-11 Hebrews 4: 14-16 Mark 10-35-45 For the last couple of months of Sunday readings, we have heard Jesus teaching his disciples about his true calling and theirs. What he teaches…