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Wren Smith honored

By Loretto Community / November 7, 2024 /
A woman smiling while kneeling in a field of sunflowers on a bright day.

In December Wren Smith will be honored at the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) annual conference in St. Augustine, Fla. Wren is an NAI-certified interpretive trainer. Wren, a co-member, is…

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Loretto expresses its deep gratitude for all those who have gone before us

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2024 /
An angel and a cross are profiled in front of the setting sun.

Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch. Listen. You are the result of the love of thousands.…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 10/24/2024

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2024 /
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Meet the sisters in the Together Program

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2024 /

Originally posted on the Religious Formation Conference website October 2024. The four vowed women religious in this year’s Together program took some time to respond to questions about themselves. Learn…

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Happy Autumn! Happy All Hallows Eve!

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2024 /
A white-haired woman with glasses stands and smiles next to the Halloween display she created in a corner of windows.

Happy Fall! And Happy All Hallows’ Eve – a time for spooky costumes, pumpkins and lots of candy! In years gone by, people dressed up in funny clothes to ward…

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Remembrance of the Life of Patricia ‘Pat’ McShea CoL

By Loretto Community / October 23, 2024 /

Loretto Co-member Patricia “Pat” (Miller) McShea died peacefully Oct. 23 at her home in Littleton, Colo. Pat’s husband, Loretto Co-member George McShea, and their daughter, Joyanne, were at her side.…

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Meet our 2024-2025 Loretto Justice Fellows!

By Loretto Community / October 21, 2024 /

Meet our 2024/2025 Loretto Justice Fellows! Our Fellows are students at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University. Loretto’s nine Fellows are pursuing various studies,…

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Kentucky Foundation for Women announces 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residents

By Loretto Community / October 21, 2024 /

Published October 19, 2024 by the Kentucky Standard. Kentucky Foundation for Women is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters…

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Loretto and Land Justice Futures: working toward healing land, people and communities

By Loretto Community / October 14, 2024 /
Four people - a Black woman, an older White woman, a middle-aged man and a second older White woman pose for a photo on the prairie.

In mid-2022 the Loretto Community was invited to participate in the Nuns and Nones (N&N) Land Justice project. N&N was aware of Loretto’s interest in this topic, as demonstrated by…

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New Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis

By Loretto Community / October 14, 2024 /

Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care.…

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Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years

By Loretto Community / October 11, 2024 /

Published by The Conversation Oct 11, 2024 In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the…

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The Enduring Mystery of the Loretto Chapel Staircase

By Loretto Community / October 9, 2024 /

Published by Atlas Obscura on October 8, 2024 It’s considered a miracle, an engineering marvel, and even a scientific anomaly, depending who you ask. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the…

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