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Loretto, Five Other Women Religious Congregations Speak Together Against Gun Violence

By Loretto Community / May 26, 2022 /

May 26, 2022 As we mourn the loss of more than 30 lives in 10 days, our hearts break. In conversations with each other and in our prayers to God,…

Loretto: Making a Difference, One Loan at a Time

By Loretto Community / May 22, 2022 /

Like many religious communities, Loretto has an Investment Committee. Started in the 1970s, the committee supports Loretto values by working for justice and acting for peace. Its original mandate was…

Loretto Speaks Out: Living Our Lives Boldly

By Loretto Community / May 16, 2022 /

The Evangelists – Matthew, Mark, Luke and John – who gave birth to the New Testament and the words and stories of Jesus that we embrace today, were all writing…

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Janel Crumb OSF CoL

By Loretto Community / May 12, 2022 /

Janel Crumb, a Sister of Saint Francis of Rochester, Minn., and Loretto Co-member, died in Rochester May 12. Janel had been an eager participant in many Loretto events and gatherings, along…

Loretto’s Mission Reflects Call To Nurture All Life

By Loretto Community / May 9, 2022 /

‘We are each meant to be mothers of God.’ Meister Eckhart von Hochheim OP We all want “to birth love” in the world. Or, at least, we should. Meister Eckhart,…

Loretto Members Share Ways to Live Simply So Others May Simply Live

By Loretto Community / May 2, 2022 /

The poet David Whyte says, “The doorway to a radical, numinous simplicity, seems to be reached by the long and difficult path of generosity.” Loretto Constitutions say, “By our vow…

Seeing with the Heart

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2022 /

By Sonja Novo and the Good Trouble Working Group What does your heart see in our world at this time? Mine sees groups of people all over the world joining…

Loretto Motherhouse Farm Wins Conservationist Award

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2022 /

By Angela Rakes, Education and Outreach Coordinator for Loretto Motherhouse As part of the 2021 Loretto Community Assembly, Loretto Motherhouse Farm Director Cody Rakes, my husband, shared with the Community…

Loretto Magazine and Annual Report – Spring 2022

By Loretto Community / April 26, 2022 /

Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Fr. Peter Urban CoL Slaveholding in Loretto’s history: Honoring the sacredness of human dignity This past November during Loretto’s annual Assembly, the…

Loretto Community members’ passion for education helps Escuela bloom

By Loretto Community / April 26, 2022 /

Susan Swain SL By Marlene Spero SL Susan Swain SL was a gifted teacher and administrator who brought to Escuela years of innovative elementary school teaching. Susan was skilled in…

Helping to revive dignity in Juarez

By Loretto Community / April 26, 2022 /

What if we were to do away with misery in Juarez? We think this can be done. The Rev. Peter Urban, a priest of the Denver Archdiocese, Loretto co-member and…

Loretto Responds to the Gospel Call for 210 Years: One Journey to Everywhere

By Loretto Community / April 25, 2022 /

Followers of Jesus have responsibilities, and if they are smart they never do them alone. Loretto has been graced by God to become a community on pilgrimage. We have walked…

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