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Courage in Conflict

By Loretto Community / November 21, 2018 /

The booklet “Courage in Conflict: The Righteous Among Us” was created by the St. Louis Archdiocese’s Office of Consecrated Life. It was distributed at the Nov. 14 presentation on the…

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El Paso Diocese Honors Loretto with Dei Gratia Award

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2018 /
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The fourth annual Dei Gratia Award by the El Paso Diocese honored both the Daughters of Charity and the Sisters of Loretto. The award ceremony was at the El Paso…

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Opposing Nuclear Weapons in Kansas City

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2018 /
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By Jane Peckham Stoever, friend of Loretto and former member, for the Loretto Peace Committee Why do my husband and I and a local peace group, tangle with a huge…

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Loretto Welcomes a New Co-member!

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2018 /
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Karel Disponett was accepted into the Loretto Community as a new co-member on Sept. 29. Karel lives in Lexington, Ky., and is very active within Loretto. In fact, she recently…

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Ghana Sisters Help Provide International Flavor to Assembly

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2018 /

By Carole Eschen and Lillian Moskeland The 2018 Assembly had an international flavor this year with sisters from two countries outside the United States in full attendance and our sisters…

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Loretto Cries for Those Killed in the Tree of Life Synagogue

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2018 /

Loretto cries for those killed in the Tree of Life Synagogue Oct. 27 in Pittsburgh as the synagogue’s community gathered for the Shabbat service to kindle the Sabbath lights. The…

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Loretto Joins With LCWR in Call for the Welcome and Humane Treatment of Arriving Migrants

By Loretto Community / October 26, 2018 /
Colorful artwork with the text "We work for justice and act for peace." Art by Bob Strobridge.

Loretto Joins With LCWR in Calling on the U.S. Government To Welcome the Migrant Caravan and To Treat All Those Seeking Asylum Humanely The Sisters of Loretto join with the…

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The Eventful Lives of the Brown Sisters

By Loretto Community / October 25, 2018 /

By Leslee Moore Even after 12 years of working in the Loretto Archives and Heritage Center, assistant and docent Marcia Mohin still can be surprised.  As she processes files of…

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Loretto Spotlight: We’re Proud of You, Escuela!

By Loretto Community / October 24, 2018 /

Escuela de Guadalupe is a Spanish-English bilingual Catholic school in northwest Denver, founded in 1999. The concept for the school began in conversations among the Sisters of Loretto, the Jesuits,…

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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Betty Obal SL

By Loretto Community / October 12, 2018 /
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Betty Obal provided an autobiographical statement at the time she applied to join Loretto. It was 1983 and she was 40 years old. She wrote: “Born on Feb. 17, 1943,…

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We Remember/All Souls Day

By Loretto Community / October 12, 2018 /

On this All Souls Day, we remember…

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Ghost Stories

By Loretto Community / October 12, 2018 /

By Katie Santa Ana With October upon us and Halloween just around the corner, the season for ghost stories is here! Sister Joan Campbell SL (1929-2007) was always on the…

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