Loretto Community

We are Sisters and Co-members who strive to bring the healing spirit of God into our world.

Back to School Ag Bash 2025

By Angela Rakes The Back to School Ag Bash was a wonderful success at the Motherhouse Aug. 2! It was our largest event with over 600 visitors. The weather was beautiful for a plethora of activities including a petting zoo,…

A group of older women with signs, banners and a megaphone demonstrate on the sidewalk.

Moral Monday – Speak Out for Justice

On Monday Aug. 18, 2025, the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee hosted a Speak Out for Justice event outside of Rep. James Comer’s Danville, Ky. office. There were roughly 75 attendees including the Loretto sisters and co-members, Dominican sisters, participants from…

A woman stands on a ladder to work near the top of a huge sculpture. The base is shaped like a tremendous tree trunk, and a bird with black metal wings hovers over it.

The amazing artistry of Jeanne Dueber SL

My work continues to be organic and, more specifically, rooted in the human figure. However, I frequently stay at the cutting edge of the purely abstract and the real, sometimes only hinting at the more objective shape. Jeanne Dueber SL…

Peace Prayer

By Mary Ellen McElroy We all are aware of the August 6 and 9 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago by the United States military. And we are becoming more aware of the U.S. military continuing to develop…

Preserving the Land with Love and Devotion

Posted by The Daily Yonder August 7, 2025 Donna Eder visits the Cedars of Peace hermitages at the Loretto Motherhouse at least four times a year. Here in a small cabin, constructed with wood from the surrounding forest, she retreats…

A group of five people sitting at a table at the front of a room on a panel.

Sisters Speak Out

The Lebanon, Ky., librarian was thrilled when Loretto Co-member Carolyn Jaramillo asked if space was available for a meeting where Loretto Community members would lead a “speak out.” Carolyn explained that the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) had planned…