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Plantings in honor of loved ones bring new life to the Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 24, 2024 /
Two women are shown planting redbud trees in a garden.

How might we honor those we love and also bring healing to Earth? A living tribute is a wonderful way to let our love for friends and family members shine.…

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FST sisters find joy in service

By Loretto Community / June 24, 2024 /
Ghanian religious sisters are shown packing up a silver Toyota truck bed with supplies in order to serve the rural poor in the area.

With thanks to FST Sister Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah CoL, Ph.D. One of the important ways the Sisters of the Daughters of the Most Holy Trinity spread God’s love is through…

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Loretto Spotlight Video – Maribah Ishaq SL and Claudia Calzetta SL

By Loretto Community / June 24, 2024 /
Two Catholic sisters take a selfie together, on the left is a novice from Pakistan and on the right is a sister with at many years of service.

Maribah Ishaq is excited to pronounce first vows as a Sister of Loretto. In our newest Spotlight Video, she talks with Claudia Calzetta SL, Loretto’s formation director for Pakistan. Maribah…

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Doctor follows in Ann Manganaro SL’s footsteps, serves in Central America

By Loretto Community / June 24, 2024 /
A pediatrician reaches over a student to show him how to examine an eardrum of a patient.

By Lauri Pramuk, M.D. Inspired by the story of Ann Manganaro SL and her commitment as a pediatrician to the people of El Salvador, in 2020 I helped open a…

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Sister Maribah Ishaq makes first vows as Loretto Sister

By Loretto Community / June 12, 2024 /

Published by The Record on June 11, 2024 Thirty-two year old Sister of Loretto Maribah Ishaq will profess her first vows on June 23. She will commit herself to the…

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2024 Jubilarians

By Loretto Community / June 11, 2024 /
Yellow and black butterfly sitting on a milkweed plant.

80th Jubilee 70th Jubilee 65th Jubilee 50th – Golden Jubilee 25th – Silver Jubilee 80th Jubilee Kathleen Tighe SL Kathleen Tighe was received into Loretto on April 25, 1944, following…

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Loretto’s 2024 Jubilarians: Celebrating with abundant hope!

By Loretto Community / June 10, 2024 /
Archival photo of the 1949 Loretto Heights College reception class - eleven women in habits posing for a photo with joyous expressions on their faces.

In John’s Gospel, you can read the story of Jesus talking with some of his followers: “What are you looking for?” They said to him, “Rabbi, where are you staying?”…

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Commemorating a Banner Year: 200 Years at the Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 5, 2024 /
A green poster that says "Seeking Home: commemorating 200 years of the Sisters of Loretto at Loretto Motherhouse June 27, 2024"

In 1824, the Loretto sisters and early community were uprooted from Little Loretto, land they had occupied since 1812. The bishop had asked them to move so that a group…

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Loretto spiritual directors help others notice God’s grace, accept it, celebrate it

By Loretto Community / May 31, 2024 /
Three women pose together for a photo.

There are no unimportant moments in any lifetime. All are precious gifts of opportunity to know and serve the One who made us and continues to call us throughout our…

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Let’s celebrate Loretto’s newest Co-members!

By Loretto Community / May 29, 2024 /
A man on the left, and a woman on the right sitting together at a table, with a woman leaning down in between them to smile for a picture together. They are outdoors in front of greenery and spruce trees with other tables and people behind them.

Christina Garcia CoL was accepted as a co-member on March 21, 2023. She and her husband and two daughters live in Denver where she is a teacher at St. Mary’s…

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Seeking Home—Corpus Christi—Mystical Body

By Loretto Community / May 29, 2024 /
Pencil sketch of Little Loretto in Harding Creek, KY

The Kentucky settlers and the Indigenous Peoples they displaced have a common story—they were almost all refugees, which means for one reason or another they needed to leave where they…

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Celebrating Loretto’s newest Co-members!

By Loretto Community / May 28, 2024 /
Five people pose together for a photo outside.

This week Loretto celebrates its newest Co-members! Robin Marlow CoL was accepted this past April 8 into Loretto co-membership. She has been consistently involved with Loretto in Denver for the…

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