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Small changes add up to a big difference! Need ideas for discrete, concrete tasks that help Earth and others? Look no further! Our weekly “Do One Thing” series in the Midweek Mission Message offers easy actions that can have a…
What was on your dinner table recently? Perhaps you enjoyed strawberries or lettuce, tomatoes, chilies, soybean products, cherries, corn, carrots, potatoes, avocados, beets and more, all representative of God’s abundant bounty. Credit the farmworkers for helping to put this delicious…
Labor Day is coming up this Monday, Sept. 7, 2026! The Midweek Mission Message would like to recognize labor organizers and movements. Below are some people and organizations that have paved the way for more human rights for all: Loretto…
Loretto joins the global community in celebrating the 2026 Season of Creation. This annual ecumenical observance begins Sept. 1, the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” and continues through Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of…
By Angela Rakes The Loretto Motherhouse Back to School Ag Bash was once again a roaring success. Final counts showed 534 people signing in for door prizes. The event was supported by 24 local sponsors, over 50 volunteers, and 15…
Who loves you more than you love yourself? Who gives you wet kisses? Wagging tails? Purrs all day? Can say all the words a parakeet knows!? Good and bad! All visitors to our house must be approved of by our…
Loretto Co-member Marianne Novak Houston died unexpectedly Aug. 23, 2026. She was 91 years old and a Loretto Co-member since Jan. 18, 1997. Previously, she had been received into Loretto May 5, 1954, taking the name Ann Miriam Novak SL.…
I was at a nonviolent training in preparation for trespassing and staying limp during arrest at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. Attendees didn’t want to be silent. I wanted to tell them the program teaches how…
This week we are sharing about the Hunger Fund and some of the organizations it has supported that are doing great work in Kentucky and globally! The Loretto Hunger Fund grants funding to various groups that reach into the community…
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 Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas, created Laudato Si’ monthly…
Summer reading – there’s nothing better! Some books are like old friends, others offer a fresh breeze. This week on our Facebook page, Loretto members will share the books that have inspired, delighted or sparked reflection. Loretto members’ book recommendations…
Posted by the Global Sisters Report July 27, 2026 Beth Blissman, the Loretto Community’s representative at the U.N., took note of such realities by saying that “we need to rethink how we define economics” — and create systems that are…