Loretto Community

We are Sisters and Co-members who strive to bring the healing spirit of God into our world.
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2026 Jubilarians

80+ Jubilee 75th Jubilee 70th Jubilee 65th Jubilee 60th Jubilee 50th – Golden Jubilee 25th – Silver Jubilee 80+ Jubilee Kathleen Tighe SL Happy 82nd Jubilee to Loretto Sister Kathleen Tighe SL! Kathleen Tighe SL was received into Loretto on…

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A Lifetime of Service Continues

Joy Jensen successfully championed affordable housing legislation for Kentucky that unanimously passed both chambers of the Kentucky legislature and was signed into law on April 7. The bill, modeled after Sen. Sherrod Brown’s national “Yes in God’s Backyard” legislation, will…

What is Emerging?

There is a new spiritual movement that has been emerging throughout the Earth for many years called “global spirituality.” It is not a new religion, nor is it coming from different religions. Rather, it is inspired by the Divine in…

Loretto Justice Fellow Spring Reflection

By Elizabeth O’Hara, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow My brother and I took time to catch up the other day. Like any siblings, we lead very different lives despite living under the same roof. He brought up a dinner he attended…

Remembrance of the Life of Robert Strobridge CoL

Loretto Co-member Robert Strobridge died May 28, 2026, at Bickford Manor, Cedar Falls, Iowa, with his sister and other family nearby at the time of his death. Bob would have been 97 June 25. He became a Loretto Co-member April 22, 2001. Editor’s…

Loretto Justice Fellowship Final Reflection

By Genesis Rodriguez, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow What a journey this year has been from orientation until now. I still remember how nervous I was to begin this experience, and now it’s hard to believe that it’s already over. This…

Between Spaces

By Dani Felix, 2025 – ’26 Loretto Justice Fellow at Abara As my fellowship comes to an end, I have been thinking a lot about how important it is to find a sense of community, especially when it feels like…