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Remembrance of the Life of Ruth McDonough Fitzpatrick CoL

By Loretto Community / June 15, 2023 /

Loretto Co-member Ruth McDonough Fitzpatrick died June 15, 2023. She had been a Loretto co-member since Oct. 22, 1994, and celebrated the 25th jubilee of her co-membership in 2019. Ruth…

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Loretto celebrates our 2023 Jubilarians!

By Loretto Community / June 12, 2023 /
A display of names of 2023 Loretto jubilarians.

Loretto celebrates the Jubilarians of 75 years, 70 and 65! We offer these Sisters our love and prayers. We have watched the journey of the Jubilarians. They walk in joy,…

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2023 Jubilarians

By Loretto Community / June 12, 2023 /

75th – Diamond Jubilee 70th Jubilee 65th Jubilee 60th Jubilee 50th – Golden Jubilee 25th – Silver Jubilee 75th – Diamond Jubilee Cabrini Bartolo SL Cabrini was received into Loretto…

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Loretto extends warm welcome to inaugural Loretto Justice Fellowship Fellows!

By Loretto Community / June 5, 2023 /
Collage of seven headshots of young women. Text in the center reads "Meet our 2023-2024 Loretto Justice Fellows!"

The Loretto Justice Fellowship is Loretto’s response to calls for new strategies and priorities across the social justice landscape, shifting needs of young people and transitions in religious communities, including…

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Living Laudato Si’ – daily!

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
Graphic representing the 7 goals of Laudato Si'

The Loretto Community is committed to participating in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, and many of the Loretto schools have done the same. Liz Deines SL, acting campus minister at…

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Outreach Retreat Nourishes Attendees

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
A man in a blue shirt standing over a short-haired woman having a conversation indoors.
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We Humans have No Right to Destroy God’s Creation

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
Robins nest with three blue Robins eggs

By Beth Blissman and Allison Lemons Although threats are increasingly bandied about globally regarding the use of nuclear weapons, the United Nations has brokered two treaties, which, if implemented, would…

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Holy Family High School Honors Loretto

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
9 diverse individuals smile for a group photo in dress clothes and name tags at an indoor event.

The Sisters of Loretto started Holy Family High School (HFHS) in Denver in 1922. In celebration of the end of the 100th year of the school, HFHS awarded Loretto the…

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Sasabe-Nogales Border Experience Touches Hearts

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
A candle light vigil being held at night with 10 people standing in a U shape.

By Maureen Flanigan “Hola amigas. Tenemos agua. Tenemos comida.” “Hello friends. We have water. We have food.” Molly Kammien and Mary Jean Friel shout through ridiculous 100-foot gaps in the…

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What is Emerging?

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy The Loretto Community at the Motherhouse has the privilege almost every Sunday to celebrate together with song and prayer using a ritual that is profound in…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 5/31/2023

By Loretto Community / May 31, 2023 /
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Loretto prays for an end to gun violence

By Loretto Community / May 30, 2023 /
A close-up view of a candle flame emitting an orange glow.

June 2 is National Gun Violence Awareness Day We, the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, the Dominican Sisters of Peace, the Sisters of Loretto/Loretto Community, the Mercy Sisters of the…

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