Loretto Community

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

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…

Loretto Justice Fellow End of Year Reflection

Loretto Justice Fellow Edward Smith completed his fellowship with the Opportunity Center and reflects on his experience:  It has been six months since I finished my last reflection paper, and I cannot not believe how much has changed with not…

A Catholic school anchor in Arlington

Posted by the Arlington Catholic Herald May 13, 2026 Minutes before the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of St. Ann School in Arlington May 13, Nancy Cribb described what the school meant to her family. “The school is our family,”…

vibrant green fungus is shown up close covering a tree trunk

Loretto as Fungus

Editor’s note: This is a talk given by Drew Holtmann, teacher at Nerinx Hall High School, at a prayer service at the Motherhouse church about Earth, creation spirituality and community during our high school students’ volunteer week in June. I…

Two Latina women smiling and laughing as they sit at a table together.

Take Care of Your Neighbors

By Luna Palacios, 2025-26′ Loretto Justice Fellow An old friend once told me that the price of community is inconvenience, that it takes time and asks us to think outside of ourselves. But what is community if not love? And…

A woman in a pink shirt with light brown shoulder-length wavy hair is nose to nose with her seeing-eye dog as she holds his face in her hands.

Belonging cabin: Why now?

“Kathy is someone who can toss the smallest pebble in a lake and cause ripples of inspiration to spread far and wide.” That’s how a friend described Kathy Nimmer. So who is she and what does she have to do with our new accessible cabin?