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Loretto Volunteers are an extension of the mission and spirit of the Loretto Community. Our Volunteers’ experience is rooted in the creative spirituality of the Loretto Community, centering on earth care, activism and justice work as deeply spiritual pursuits. Volunteers serve for a year at social justice organizations while living in intentional community with other…
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The Spirit of God is not bound; it reveals itself in the lives of everyone. “I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #41 The letter to the Ephesians 2:10 tells us, “We are God’s work of art.” We are all artists, whether we realize it or not. And as artists we are called to look around…
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The Loretto Community is accredited with consultative status at the United Nations, where we advocate on the international level on issues important to the mission and goals of the Loretto Community at large. Informally known as “Loretto at the UN,” we use our position to leverage and elevate the insight and perspectives of those working…
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In July 2017, the Loretto Community voted to begin the civil incorporation process for an organization that would dedicate its existence to continuing Loretto’s commitment to justice and peace for years to come. “We are being called to something new. … This is a time of evolution. It’s a time of letting go and letting…
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The government structure of the Sisters of Loretto is designed to foster the faith life and mission of the congregation. “I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #102 The Loretto Assembly is part of the government structure of the Sisters of Loretto. It is a wonderful gathering of the whole Community — Sisters and Co-members —…
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What’s in the Loretto Heritage Center? Just yellowed old papers and dusty relics, right? The newest “yellowed old papers” are digital photos and emails fresh from Loretto members at last week’s demonstrations. The documents join the 1965 letters from Loretto Sisters marching at Selma; and the principal’s record of receiving the first black student at…
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“From our simple beginnings on the Kentucky frontier in 1812 and up to the present, we, as Sisters of Loretto, share in that mysterious yet pragmatic gift of the Holy Spirit which quietly and decisively brought Loretto into being and keeps it alive today.” — “I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #1 In the hollers…
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Members of the Loretto Community rejoice in yesterday’s (June 18, 2020) DACA decision from the U.S. Supreme Court because it removes the immediate threat of deportation for 700,000 of our neighbors and friends. We are grateful that the Court’s majority upheld the rule of law, which requires the government to provide a contemporaneous and reasonable…
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Barbara Wander is a Loretto co-member who has been working with the Little Sisters of St. Therese in Haiti for many years. Click here to read the latest issue June 2020 of Barbara’s Haiti Journal. Click here to read the January 2019 issue of Barbara’s Haiti Journal. Click here to read the September 2018 issue…
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“Then I heard the voice of God saying, ‘Whom shall I send?’ I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’” ( Isaiah 6:8) Loretto leaders are rooted in the rich soil of the Gospel and the Community’s charism. Our leaders ask the Community to look carefully at faith and service and to live more deeply the…
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Smithsonian exhibit group meets at Motherhouse By Susanna Pyatt, Loretto Heritage Center Curator The Loretto Heritage Center will host the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” at Loretto City Hall in fall 2020 in partnership with the Beautify Loretto Committee and other local partners. We are planning and organizing programs and content specific…
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The Porch of Possibility, Vol. II, by Cecily Jones SL (1924–2017), is available for purchase. The book, published in 2018, includes 33 poems, most com-posed after Vol. I was published in 2013, but there are a few older poems that were found among Cecily’s private papers. Below is an excerpt from the collection’s title poem. “The…
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