Loretto Magazine – Spring 2018
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Welcome, New Loretto Co-Members Julie Popham and Sally Maresh!
Loretto welcomes its newest co-members, from left, Julie Popham and Sally Maresh. Photos courtesy of Lisa Reynolds
A Day of Fun for the LEWP
By Maria Daniel Some of the members of Loretto Empowering Women in Pakistan share a meal of biryani, a rice with veggies and chicken dish, on their outing together with Loretto’s Pakistan sisters.(Photo courtesy of Maria Daniel)[/caption]Recently, Samina Iqbal, Nasreen…
Negotiation of Compacts This Year at United Nations
By Mary Louise Pabello Editor’s Note: Mary Louise is a returning Loretto Volunteer now working as NGO U.N. Intern/Loretto Community. The Loretto Community has long supported migrants and refugees in our midst. Here is an update on what has been…
CSW62 (Commission on the Status of Women) – 2018
2018’s CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) had the priority theme of “challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls.” It reviewed the previous theme of “participation in and access of women…
Loretto History Through Comics
By Laurel Wilson Throughout their 200-year history, Lorettos have seen the importance of sharing their past. Numerous Sister of Loretto have used their writing talents to record the history of their community through books, articles, pamphlets, and more. One unique…
Loretto’s Second Century
“A Century of Change,” a book initiated by PJ Manion with the writing of 20 Loretto community members, was published just in time for the 2012 Loretto Jubilee. Judi Jennings, Executive Director of the Kentucky Women’s Foundation, had this to…
Our Second Archivist, M. Matilda Barrett
By Katie Santa Ana In June of 1968, author Paul Horgan wrote to Sister Mary Luke Tobin SL: “I have never forgotten the kindness and generosity of my reception at Loretto; and Sister Matilda’s lovely enthusiasm, her warm eagerness to…
Building Relationship Through Loretto Presence
By Kay Carlew and Maria Visse Editor’s Note: In 2016 the Ghana Sister Committee realized that for the two communities, the Daughters of the Most Blessed Trinity (FST) and Loretto, to deepen their relationship, it was time for Loretto Community…
“A small spot of land …” (Part 1)
By Betty Lyn Parker The Heritage Center has a beautifully conserved print of Little Loretto, the original home of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross. My second encounter with this engraving began around 2014 at my…