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I am a white female who grew up in a St. Louis suburb featured in the CBS documentary “16 in Webster Groves” (1966), a critique of the insular life of…
We embrace our particular works of mercy, charity or justice in a spirit of informed openness to the deep needs facing us in the church and world today. We work…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
On the evening of May 25, 2020, where Chicago Avenue and 38th Street meet in Minneapolis, Minn., George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer. Mr. Floyd was restrained…
In a typical year, Loretto at the UN welcomes an intergenerational delegation of feminists in mid-March to U.N.’s headquarters in New York City for the annual Commission on the Status…
Against the backdrop of the coronavirus global pandemic, with the new moon of late May beginning to set with the sun, 25 women from 19 locations in two countries came…
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…
“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…
