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Loretto Ministry Grants Committee Announces Fall Grants

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /

At Assembly 2018, Loretto approved a resolution making “$100,000 … available … in 2019 and again in 2020 and 2021 for access by Loretto Community members, vowed and co, to…

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Women of the Church Conference Evokes Tears, Affirmation and Encouragement

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /
A woman, Mary Gutzwiller, with short dark grey hair, and wire-rimmed glasses wearing a white t-shirt and black lanyard smiling for a picture outdoors on a sunny day in front of a brick building with a well-manicured lawn and bushes.

By Mary Gutzwiller and Karel Disponett We attended the Women of the Church Conference, which took place Oct. 18-20 at St. Mary’s College in South Bend, Ind. It was a…

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Webster University Honors Jane Peckham Stoever with the Loretto Award

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /
A woman, Jane Peckham, with short strawberry blonde hair smiling brightly for a picture outdoors at a social event wearing a blue cardigan, graphic t-shirt, and a name tag.

By Donna Day and Barbara Speas Havira The Loretto Award recognizes an alum of Webster University who carries on the community service and social values of the Sisters of Loretto,…

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It’s a Banner Year for Webster University in St. Louis

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /
A royal blue with white lettering sign for Webster University with a background of large leafy trees.

Congratulations to Webster University for its best ranking ever in the 2020 US News and World Report Best Colleges. Out of all Missouri institutions in the Midwest University category, Webster…

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Advent Reflections 2019 – 12/1/2019

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /

Week One: Called to Restore! Here we are called to hope in the vision of God for the future. We need to go through this time together…. called to the…

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Loretto Earth Network News – Winter 2019

By Loretto Community / November 27, 2019 /
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Action Alert – Loretto Stands with the Dreamers

By Loretto Community / November 13, 2019 /

On Nov. 12 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument on the legality of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.  A large contingent from the Leadership Conference of…

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Loretto Magazine – Fall 2019

By Loretto Community / November 8, 2019 /

Read Loretto Magazine 7,600 years of service to the people of God As of the end of 2019, the vowed Sisters of Loretto currently living have collectively served in various…

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Loretto Stands With LCWR in Its Objection to U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement

By Loretto Community / November 7, 2019 /
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LCWR Troubled by U.S. Withdrawal from Paris Climate Agreement November 7, 2019 The Leadership Conference of Women (LCWR) was deeply disappointed by President Trump’s 2017 pledge to pull the United…

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Notes & News

By Loretto Community / November 5, 2019 /

Loretto Magazine – Fall 2019 Volunteer House opens in Denver For the second year in a row, Loretto has opened a new Volunteer House. One year after the founding of…

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Ruth Fitzpatrick Celebrates 25 Years as a Loretto Co-member

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2019 /
A black and white picture of a large crowd of people focusing on one woman in particular with large round glasses holding a piece of paper and microphone while speaking passionately.

(Editor’s Note: Information from Mary Hunt, friend of Loretto, and from Ruth’s son, John Fitzpatrick, via Jeannine Gramick) Mary Hunt writes, “Ruth McDonough Fitzpatrick made a signal contribution through her…

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Emerging Forms Committee Asks, ‘What is Emerging?’

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2019 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

(Editor’s Note:  Reflections from the Emerging Forms Committee)  A question people often ask and wonder about is, “What is really meant by evolutionary consciousness?” We invite you to ponder with…

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