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America’s Best Nursing Homes 2026 – 50-99 Beds Posted by Newsweek Magazine September 2025 One of the most important decisions families face is choosing a trusted nursing home for themselves…
October is National Archives Month, and the work of an archivist is serious business! Sometimes what’s needed in order to stay sane in all that seriousness is a good, old-fashioned…
Published by Atlas Obscura September 30, 2025 Dylan Thuras: If you’re a nun and you’re facing a problem you don’t know how to solve, you might pray on it. If…
The Loretto Community is proud of our legacy and continuing mission of Catholic education. So it is with pleasure that we share this letter from Iswari Natarajan, the President and…
Every Monday, Loretto retreat directors Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. Here are a few of the recent musings … What points me…
By Ashley Doughty The Loretto Heritage Center was pleased to host Ashley as our summer intern. Ashley is spent the summer living at the Valley House and working with the…
The Loretto Community honors Loretto Sister Jeannine Gramick. Originally from Philadelphia Jeannine moved to Baltimore in 1960 to join the School Sisters of Notre Dame. She was an associate professor…
Anndavid Naeger SL tells the story behind the quilt: Of course the design was the log cabin because of our dwelling places in the early 1800s. When Nancy Miles agreed…
“Justice shall flourish in the time of God, with the promise of peace forever.” The first thing we can do is pray: “Our great and merciful God, source of all…
I am thrilled to introduce our 2025-2026 Loretto Justice Fellows! Fellows gathered at Loretto Academy for orientation in mid-August and are now already almost a month into their year-of-service. With the support…
Over the past few decades, a number of lawyers have been associated with the Sisters of Loretto-Loretto Community. Two women, formerly Sisters of Loretto, left the Community in the 1960s…
By Marlene Spero SL A treasure, the Loretto Child Care Center (LCCC) is located in rural Marion County, Kentucky and is a non-profit program dedicated to the positive growth and…
