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Denver Loretto Center Celebrates Fitting ‘Goodbye’

By Loretto Community / December 19, 2017 /

“Loretto came to be and comes to be through the creative Spirit of God, whose grace worked powerfully in our founders and continues to work in the community as a…

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Portrait of Dr. Ann Manganaro SL To Hang at Nerinx Hall

By Loretto Community / December 11, 2017 /

A beautifully framed copy of the portrait titled “Sister Ann” was presented to the student body of Nerinx Hall following an all-school Mass Dec. 8 at the Loretto-sponsored all-girls Catholic…

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Loretto Earth Network News – Winter 2017

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2017 /
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JoAnn Gates, Susan Classen Make Vows to God and Loretto

By Eleanor Craig SL / December 1, 2017 /
Two women pictured candidly applauding in a church service with other attendees behind them. One woman looks at the other with an endearing look.

JoAnn Gates and Susan Classen celebrated their vows to God in the Loretto Community at Loretto Motherhouse Nov. 4. The celebration lasted all day, incorporating elements intimately warm and solemn,…

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Loretto Stands at the Border to Close the School of the Americas

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2017 /
12 women attending an outdoor protest with one banner displayed in between them.

By Paulette Peterson and Mary Ann McGivern Sixteen Loretto Community members, Volunteers and friends joined the Nov. 9 demonstration to advocate for the closing of the School of the Americas,…

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Loretto Mission in Pakistan Empowers Other Women

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2017 /
Four religious women sit in a living room while one is reading from a book while the others listen.

By Cathy Mueller Our sisters in Pakistan — Maria Daniel, Samina Iqbal and Nasreen Daniel — are busy with several projects, all of which reflect the Loretto mission. Bishop Sebastian…

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Loretto at the UN: Supporting Girls and Women

By Beth Blissman CoL / December 1, 2017 /
Three women smiling together while sitting at a desk with digital screens and table microphones in front of them.

When I arrived at the United Nations office a year ago, the first meeting Sally Dunne took me to was the Working Group on Girls (WGG). I joined WGG’s Mission…

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Education Continues at the Loretto Motherhouse Farm!

By Sharon Kassing SL / November 1, 2017 /
A man and woman smile for a picture together with a black and white border collie in a farm pasture on a sunny day.

Take a minute and conjure up a picture of that teacher who “captured” you: the one who with his/her enthusiasm and curiosity turned you on to an insight or a…

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Loretto Offers Generous Support to Haiti in Time of Need

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2017 /

By Barbara Wander Loretto’s very generous donation of $10,000 to the Little Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus has come at a time of real need. Although they…

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Loretto Circle Flourishes with In-Person and Online Groups

By Sandra Hareld CoL / November 1, 2017 /

Loretto’s Outreach Committee continues to find opportunities to respond to those interested in being more connected with Loretto. One way of making those connections, meeting Loretto members and learning more…

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Special Needs Fund: Promoting Loretto Mission

By Sue Rogers SL / October 1, 2017 /
A woman with short grey hair wearing a collared yellow blouse smiling brightly in front of a display table with numerous goods in front of a red brick building indoors.

The Special Needs Fund, established by the General Assembly of 1973, has been active in promoting Loretto mission for 44 years. The Special Needs Fund has provided a combination of…

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Kathleen Corbett Celebrates 50 Years in Loretto

By Mary E. (Buffy) Boesen SL / October 1, 2017 /
A woman with short white hair and wire-framed glasses smiling brightly for a headshot picture inside a church.

Surrounded by Loretto Community members, friends from her parish and friends from Holy Cross Catholic School where she teaches and has taught for five years, Kathleen Corbett celebrated her 50th…

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