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Loretto & Nerinx: In Good Company

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /

By Annie Stevens and Donna Day Sixty people — members of the Loretto Community, Nerinx Hall faculty, students and board members — gathered in the Loretto Chapel for a prayer…

An Idea for a Collaborative Sustainable Community

By Martha Crawley CoL / June 1, 2017 /

Over the past 18 months, Beth Blissman, Jean East, Anna Koop, Lisa Reynolds, Mary Helen Sandoval and I have been considering the possibility of a future project in Denver —…

Loretto High School Alumnae Association Grants Support Loretto Values, Mission

By Barbara Nicholas SL / June 1, 2017 /

Annually, the board of the Loretto High School Alumnae Association, following consultation with the members at the business meeting, awards small grants of up to $500 to sisters and co-members…

Kaye Edwards Returns Home

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /

By Cecily Jones Just after her route from Lynchburg, Va., took her onto the Bluegrass Parkway near Lexington, Ky., Kaye Edwards breathed a deep, comfortable sigh, saying to herself, “I’m…

LGBT Catholics Are Hopeful in the Age of Pope Francis

By Jeannine Gramick SL / June 1, 2017 /

By Jeannine Gramick Although the rain came down in a deluge all weekend, the 300 Catholics gathered at a Chicago hotel April 28-30 didn’t seem to be bothered. Inside it…

Loretto Explores Options to Preserve Loretto Heights Cemetery

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / June 1, 2017 /

For a century and a quarter the iconic tower of Loretto Heights has stood atop Sheridan Hill in southwest Denver. Sister Pancratia Bonfils, niece of Frederick Bonfils, founder of the…

Roberta Hudlow Marches for Mother Earth

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /

Congratulations, Lois!

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /

Ritual Honors Closing of St. Louis Center

By Loretto Community / May 5, 2017 /

By Donna Day It is true … Community happened here … mission happened here … hospitality happened here … love happened here. “It is true — the doors of the…

Longtime Loretto Friend, Ann Wall Richards, Becomes Co-member

By Anna Koop SL / May 1, 2017 /

Ann Wall Richards now can be assured that she can put Loretto Community Member on her tombstone, which she said was one of her long-term goals. Ann has been a…

Havern School — Fifty Years and Counting

By Marlene Spero SL / May 1, 2017 /

The 2016-2017 school year marks the 50th anniversary of the founding of Havern School. Located in Littleton, Colo., Havern is a Loretto-founded-and-sponsored school that officially opened its doors in September…

Supporting Women and Girls: Update from the United Nations

By Beth Blissman CoL / May 1, 2017 /

I wish to express my deep gratitude to all within Loretto who have expressed support of this important mission of our Community. I’m still a bit overwhelmed after attending the…

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