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Dominican Sister wins ‘Climate Hero Award’

By Loretto Community / May 24, 2024 /

Published May 22, 2024 by The Record Eleven individuals and organizations, including Dominican Sister of Peace Claire McGowan and Jessie Rathburn, were honored with the first Isaac Wolfe Bernheim Climate…

Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 5/23/2024

By Loretto Community / May 23, 2024 /

Loretto’s two peace committees take small & large steps to cultivate peace

By Loretto Community / May 20, 2024 /

The Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee reactivated this past summer after having had to pause during the early pandemic. Taking small steps for justice is an important way to cultivate a…

Monday Starter: Sisters join other Catholics in letter to stop US weapons to Israel

By Loretto Community / May 14, 2024 /

Published by Global Sisters Report on May 4, 2024 More than 150 sisters, along with organizations that represent them, have signed a letter urging a halt of U.S. arms shipments to…

Journeys in justice – Loretto celebrates the 2023/24 Loretto Justice Fellows!

By Loretto Community / May 14, 2024 /

May 2024 marks the end of the inaugural year of the Loretto Justice Fellowship program. At this time last year, the Loretto Justice Fellowship program existed only as an idea,…

Loretto’s ‘immigration justice’ work clearly shows these two words go together

By Loretto Community / May 6, 2024 /

For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked…

Loretto congratulates Nerinx Hall on being named a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School Awardee

By Loretto Community / May 6, 2024 /

Congratulations to Nerinx Hall! Loretto congratulates Nerinx Hall High School, which has been selected as a 2024 U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon School (ED-GRS), marking a significant milestone in…

After Vatican text, pope tells Jeannine Gramick: Trans people ‘must be accepted’

By Loretto Community / May 6, 2024 /

Article by Jeannine Gramick SL, originally posted May 1, 2024 by the Global Sisters Report I have been very sad since April 8, 2024, when the Vatican’s Dicastery for the…

Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 4/27/2024

By Loretto Community / April 29, 2024 /

Investing in future leaders: The Loretto/BVM Delegation to #CSW68

By Loretto Community / April 29, 2024 /

For Loretto, attending the 68th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68) was an invaluable opportunity to explore pathways to a better world. At a time when women and…

Last survivor of USS Arizona, dead at 102, is recalled for commitment to country, strong faith

By Loretto Community / April 22, 2024 /

Originally posted by the Detroit Catholic, April 19, 2024 By any measure, Louis Anthony “Lou” Conter, a Catholic hero of World War II who died April 1 at his home…

Happy 212th Birthday, Loretto! 

By Loretto Community / April 22, 2024 /

Loretto Foundation Day – 212 Years: April 25, 1812 – April 25, 2024 The Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto “direct us to praise and minister in Jesus name. Grounded…

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