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Let Us Not Forget, Let Us Remember

By Loretto Community / August 7, 2024 /

On Aug. 6, 2024, the Loretto Peace Committee held a beautiful prayerful remembrance Zoom to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. You can watch the recording below.

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Loretto art education: bringing ‘the healing spirit of God into our world’

By Loretto Community / August 6, 2024 /
Collage of art done by students of Roberta Hudlow SL. Paintings, drawings, pencil sketches, paper dolls, chalk drawings and photography

The Sisters and Co-members of Loretto “strive to bring the healing spirit of God into our world.“ As our readers know, there are many ways Loretto hopes to do this.…

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Remembrance of the Life of Dorothy Ortner CoL

By Loretto Community / August 4, 2024 /

Loretto Co-member Dorothy Ortner died just before midnight Aug. 4 at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. Several Community members gathered to send her on her way.  Dorothy was part…

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A New Partnership for Loretto at the UN

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /
A rainbow circle donut hole type logo with the words "Forging Global Partnerships among Sisters... Sisters Rising Worldwide as a Tool to help achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Sisters Rising Worldwide, so all may flourish! Beth Blissman PhD, United Nations Representative, Loretto Community" around it.

Loretto at the UN is happy to announce an inspiring new partnership with the global organization Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW). SRW is a relatively new nonprofit making it possible for sisters to overcome…

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Community joins Sisters of Loretto in Seeking Home Walk

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Published by the Paxton Media Group on July 3, 2024 Celebrating its 200th year at the current Motherhouse location, last Thursday the Sisters of Loretto joined with more than 100…

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Archives conducts reframing project of artifact collection, plans to target over 180 items

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Published by the Lebanon Enterprise, July 31, 2024 After receiving funding for the project earlier in the year, members of the Loretto Heritage Center stated that the effort to reframe…

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Loretto’s Midweek Mission Message: Mission focused and issue driven

By Loretto Community / July 29, 2024 /
An older woman with white hair stands in the doorway of a shed holding a broom looking at the camera.

This week Loretto’s Facebook page will feature posts from Loretto’s “Midweek Mission Message.” Midweek Mission Message, or MMM for short, is a weekly email series that highlights various mission focuses…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 7/26/2024

By Loretto Community / July 26, 2024 /
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Loretto Motherhouse Farm officially a Kentucky Heritage Farm

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age which have stayed in…

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Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /
A fritillary brown speckled butterfly on a joe-pye weed surrounded by greenery.

Every Monday, Loretto retreat staff Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media we’d like to share a…

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Sisters of Loretto Elect Des Moines Native To Lead Congregation

By Loretto Community / July 23, 2024 /

Posted by the Diocese of Des Moines on July 23, 2024 The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July…

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With a song in our hearts: Loretto loves music!

By Loretto Community / July 22, 2024 /
Two women sing their hearts out in front of microphones and music stands.

Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do! Loretto loves music! All kinds of music. Loretto loves popular music and old songs that touch our hearts. Loretto loves jazz. Loretto…

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