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Concerned about the environmental impact of traditional burials, Loretto set aside six acres of woods and meadow in 2018 as a natural burial site for Loretto Community members. In 2020,…
Read MoreLong-time Loretto friend and Loretto Feminist Network member Mary Hunt published the following opinion piece in Religion Dispatches on June 208, 2023. The Southern Baptist Convention stole headlines from the…
Read MoreEditor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to these wise women and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members.…
Read MoreOn Loretto’s Facebook page this week we will feature a few of Loretto’s favorite podcasts and books for your summer listening and reading pleasure. You may be surprised by what…
Read MoreThe Loretto Community has taken up Pope Francis’s call. In 2018 he said, “Get rid of useless baggage,” referring to empty chatter and harmful consumerism. Laudato Si’ calls on us to use less…
Read MoreThe Loretto Infirmary, now called Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse, continues the award-winning standard of providing holistic care that promotes comfort, security and dignity in a homelike environment. The…
Read MoreDownload Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Jessie Rathburn CoL A letter from Loretto president Barbara Nicholas SL Recently, I received a letter from a fifth grader at St.…
Read MoreAnna Koop SL and Mary Ann McGivern SL recently visited the Loretto Community in Pakistan for seven weeks. Anna and Mary Ann wrote colorful and informative missives to keep the…
Read MoreThe Loretto Community has long been committed to caring for Earth Barbara Nicholas SL, president of the Loretto Community The Loretto Community has entered into an agreement with Bluegrass Land…
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