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Elaine Marie Prevallet SL: Spiritual writer, mystic, humble of heart

By Loretto Community / August 29, 2025 /

“For those of you who do not know anything about Elaine Prevallet, let me just tell you that she is well known in the Loretto Community as a spiritual writer,…

Back to School Ag Bash 2025

By Loretto Community / August 27, 2025 /

By Angela Rakes The Back to School Ag Bash was a wonderful success at the Motherhouse Aug. 2! It was our largest event with over 600 visitors. The weather was…

LACC deepens commitment to protect, defend dignity of immigrant neighbors

By Loretto Community / August 25, 2025 /

This week on Loretto’s socials, the Loretto Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) highlights LACC’s 2025 work to strengthen its partnerships in the U.S. and Mexico, support colleagues working on the front…

New Pioneers makes a splash with first ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ day camp

By Loretto Community / August 22, 2025 /

Posted by The Kentucky Standard July 26, 2025 New Pioneers, in proud partnership with the Loretto Community, successfully hosted its inaugural summer day camp this June, Where the Wild Things…

Moral Monday – Speak Out for Justice

By Loretto Community / August 20, 2025 /

On Monday Aug. 18, 2025, the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee hosted a Speak Out for Justice event outside of Rep. James Comer’s Danville, Ky. office. There were roughly 75 attendees…

The amazing artistry of Jeanne Dueber SL

By Loretto Community / August 16, 2025 /

My work continues to be organic and, more specifically, rooted in the human figure. However, I frequently stay at the cutting edge of the purely abstract and the real, sometimes…

Peace Prayer

By Loretto Community / August 14, 2025 /

By Mary Ellen McElroy We all are aware of the August 6 and 9 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago by the United States military. And we are…

Honoring the heart of Loretto education: Teachers, staff and board members

By Loretto Community / August 11, 2025 /

What a privilege to write about the educators, staff and board members who make Loretto-connected schools thrive! Without them, the doors would not open and the  transformative work of teaching…

Preserving the Land with Love and Devotion

By Loretto Community / August 11, 2025 /

Posted by The Daily Yonder August 7, 2025 Donna Eder visits the Cedars of Peace hermitages at the Loretto Motherhouse at least four times a year. Here in a small…

Sisters Speak Out

By Loretto Community / August 6, 2025 /

The Lebanon, Ky., librarian was thrilled when Loretto Co-member Carolyn Jaramillo asked if space was available for a meeting where Loretto Community members would lead a “speak out.” Carolyn explained…

Loretto prays, acts for peace on 80th anniversary of bombings of Hiroshima, Nagasaki

By Loretto Community / August 5, 2025 /

There is nothing else more important to do this week but to remember and pray for peace and to ask God to guide all countries in the way of peace.…

80 years after Hiroshima, anti-nuclear activists are still fighting for progress

By Loretto Community / August 4, 2025 /

Posted by Global Sisters Report August 4, 2025 For those active in nuclear disarmament work, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and 9,…

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