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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…

Sisters of Loretto to Sell St. Louis Loretto Center Property to Nerinx Hall

By Loretto Community / April 10, 2017 /

April 10, 2017 – The Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, in conjunction with Nerinx Hall Board of Directors, today announce that Loretto plans to sell its…

Fine Art Shows Feature Talent of Jeanne Dueber

By Mary Swain SL / April 1, 2017 /

Jeanne Dueber won the Second Place Merit Award Feb. 25 in the Owensboro, Ky., Art Guild’s 55th Juried Exhibition. Forty-nine artists, each with one or two pieces, entered the exhibition.…

Book Review: Religious Life in the 21st Century: The Prospect of Refounding

By Eileen Harrington CoL / April 1, 2017 /

Religious Life in the 21st Century is a small book, but tightly packed. Diarmuid O’Murchu takes the reader through the “drastic changes — the dying, grieving, chaos and dislocation” of…

St. Mary’s Academy Alumnae and Staff Help Create Keepsake Books

By Regina Drey SL / April 1, 2017 /

Remembrances of good times and struggles along with smiles and laughter helped create instant bonds when alumnae and staff from St. Mary’s Academy, Englewood, Colo., and elders who frequently visit…

Introducing David Edwards, Troubadour to Tots

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2017 /

By Cecily Jones One might bestow the honorific “troubadour to tots” on co-member David Edwards because he can be found, guitar slung over his shoulder, playing and singing folk songs…

Mary Rhodes Awardee Releases New Book for Children

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2017 /

Patricia McKissack (1994 Mary Rhodes Awardee), a well-known writer, especially of books for children and young adults, has a new book about children’s games and songs. It is Let’s Clap,…

Irish Eyes are Smiling!

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2017 /

Tobin House: Keeping an Open Door

By Claudia Calzetta SL / April 1, 2017 /

Everything happened so fast at the annual mid-year retreat for the St. Louis Volunteers. We were enjoying a beautiful sunny day at Rockhaven retreat center. It was a relaxing weekend,…

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