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Jessie Rathburn CoL

Currently serving as Loretto’s Earth Education and Advocacy Coordinator, Jessie Rathburn spends much of her time outside – gardening, hiking, birding, and learning more about the local central Kentucky bioregion. Her background also includes English and writing instruction and operating an urban farm.
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A Love that Lights the Whole Sky

By Jessie Rathburn CoL / June 1, 2021 /

Late on a February evening, while attending yet another webinar on how people of faith can respond to the climate crisis, I was startled out of my Zoom stupor. For…

Loretto Carbon Offset Fund Honors Anthony Mary

By Jessie Rathburn CoL / October 1, 2020 /

On my first visit to the Loretto Motherhouse, I discovered tree identification tags on several of the massive, ancestral trees scattered throughout the Motherhouse campus. Soon, someone put a pamphlet…

Earth Day 2020: Standing in Solidarity with Earth in the Midst of the Unknown

By Jessie Rathburn CoL / April 1, 2020 /

April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day set aside to celebrate Earth, care for Earth, and attempt to reverse some of the harm we have caused…

Earth’s Gratitude

By Jessie Rathburn CoL / March 1, 2020 /

‘Am I living in a way that Earth would be grateful for me?’ This is the question I was faced with recently after reading a Robin Wall Kimmerer article on…

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