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Loretto celebrates International Day of Peace with Pinwheels for Peace
Three Loretto schools – Loretto Academy, El Paso, Texas.; Nerinx Hall High School, St. Louis; and St. Mary’s Academy, Denver – collaborated on making Pinwheels for Peace in anticipation of International Day of Peace on Sept. 21. Students in each…
Loretto Catholic School in Douglas to hold centennial celebration Saturday
Posted by the Douglas Dispatch, Sept 17, 2024 The Loretto Catholic School in Douglas is celebrating its 100th year this month. The centennial celebration will be commemorated on Saturday, September 21 with a 5 p.m. mass inside Saint Luke’s Parish…
Loretto Academy to purchase its leased property
Published by El Paso Inc, Sept 15, 2024 Loretto Academy will soon own the 19 acres its 100-year-old campus calls home. … Sisters of Loretto president, Sister Barbara Nicholas, and president-elect, Sister Mary Boesen, said the sisters have made similar…
Loretto Magazine – Fall 2024
Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Eleanor Craig SL A letter from President Barbara Nicholas SL Is this how it is with you? We are entering the season when nature’s way is to let the sap recede. That…
Loretto and Nerinx Hall celebrate milestones together
This year Nerinx Hall High School celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding by Loretto. The school also celebrated the 212th year of Loretto’s own founding on April 25. The Foundation Day celebration included presentations and discussions on topics that…
A visit to the Sindh region of Pakistan
A visit to the Tharparkar desert area in the Sindh region of Pakistan reveals scenes of hardship and poverty. Malnutrition, disease, lack of education and child labor are common. Debt bondage, or bonded labor, a form of modern slavery known…
Living history
In this 1961 photograph, taken in the museum at Loretto Motherhouse, Antonina Ryan SL shows an old spinning wheel to Marian Wheatley Medley, daughter of Carl Wheatley, Loretto’s farm manager. Marian’s family lived in Clare House on the Motherhouse grounds…
Students volunteer at Loretto Motherhouse
On June 1, students from Loretto-associated schools — Loretto Academy in El Paso, Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis and St. Mary’s Academy in Denver — arrived to spend a week at the Motherhouse. They enjoyed time with one…
Summer at Loretto Motherhouse brims with community activities
In addition to the Seeking Home procession in June and an important Assembly, this summer saw Loretto visitors engaging in numerous family activities. These included Family Fun Day, the Heritage Center Open House, the Motherhouse Farm historic designation and Ag…
Bringing running water to a Kentucky family
A dad and his two daughters, ages 11 and 14, living a short distance from Loretto Motherhouse were hauling water to their home month after month. Judy Popp SL, who lives at the Motherhouse, found out and determined to help.…