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Published by the Denverite on February 5, 2021 Editor’s Note: This story ran Feb. 5 in the Denverite, an online member-supported news organization. The article by Estaban L. Hernandez offers an update on the construction/renovation process for the campus of…
“Every day that passes adds to the trauma that these children continue to endure at our hands. Reuniting these children with their families would do much to restore decency and integrity in our country.” – Letter to President-elect Biden and…
For a century Sisters of Loretto educated girls and young women at Loretto Heights Academy and Loretto Heights College under the banner “Fides, Mores, Cultura.” Pancratia Bonfils SL purchased farmland on Sheridan Hill in SW Denver in 1888, engaged architect…
By Denise Ann Clifford, Barbara Roche, and Mary Margaret Murphy Amazed and grateful describe how Denise Ann Clifford, Barbara Roche, and Mary Margaret Murphy felt after reading the Ministry Grant request application for funding in December 2020. In fact, we…
A gift from the Forum this past year was the lovely and challenging Advent Reflections 2020 booklet that was adapted from “Seeing Where You Belong in a Post-Pandemic World” by Mary Pellegrino, CSJ. The reflections and questions called each of…
“It has been Loretto’s legacy to inherit from Loretto’s early women a spirit of courage and trust and a willingness to meet the challenge of bringing education and the Gospel to others.” — Mary Ann Coyle SL, former Loretto president,…
After the Revolutionary War patriots believed that their daughters should be educated to uphold the virtues of republicanism to pass these virtues on to the next generation. During this time there were few opportunities for women’s education beyond the elementary-type…
Some people have described the year 2020 as being the worst one of their lives and that they could hardly wait until 2021 was born! Yet 2020 has also brought blessings such as the opportunities to participate in the many…
Published by the Global Sisters Report on January 25, 2021 Sr. Nasreen Daniel was a panelist for the Global Sisters Report in their The Life feature series. Sr. Maria Daniel appears in one of the photos in the story. “When…
“Let It Snow!” Lyricist Sammy Cahn and composer Jule Styne wrote the popular song on a hot summer day in July 1945 in Hollywood, Calif., dreaming of much cooler weather. Winter’s chill often brings snow, a four-letter word to those…
“Because of our God’s deep compassion, the dawn from on high will break upon us, to give light to those who are sitting in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide us on the path of peace.” …
Editor’s Note: It is with sadness that Loretto reports, according to the Associated Press, that Lisa Montgomery, 52, was executed by lethal injection at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. Her time of death was 1:31 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13,…