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Responsible Planning for the Future (RPF) is the name of a new committee suggested in 2015 by the Community Forum and affirmed by the Forum in 2016. One of the…
Great news for the Loretto Academy! For many years (1976-1999) Frances Ratermann taught music at Loretto Academy. That meant that she also directed the musicals. When I arrived at Loretto,…
Seventeen Loretto Volunteer Program alums participated in a retreat at the Motherhouse over Labor Day weekend. They traveled from diverse places, including New York, Washington, D.C., Tennessee, Missouri and Connecticut.…
My volunteer involvement with an annual festival here in Campbell County, Tenn., called the Louie Bluie Festival is just one of many examples throughout Loretto of efforts to make good…
By Noeli Lytton After Beth Blissman finished leading the first Loretto Circle Retreat, she had fired up Nerinx faculty and Loretto Volunteers to connect with Earth more deeply. Oct. 1…
Interchange joins in congratulating Helen Santa-maria, who is a 2016 Woman of Impact in El Paso. She was honored in September at the El Paso Country Club.
LCWR, MMS Come Together for Girls Aug. 27 the local St. Louis Area LCWR invited Marian Middle School President Mary Elizabeth Grimes to make a presentation at its annual workshop…
George McShea is not new to Loretto. That, however, is common among new co-members. Friends, relatives and co-workers are drawn to Loretto. In George’s case, he is the husband of…
By Cecily Jones The main title of Theresa Kubasak and Gabe Huck’s book, Never Can I Write of Damascus: When Syria Became Our Home, is the opening line of a…
By Theresa Kubasak Maryam is a talented young woman from Syria who was very active at the Ad Dar Center where I volunteered in Istanbul. Maryam made this self- portrait…
By Cathy Hartrich (Editor’s Note: Cathy Hartrich is a member of Loretto Circle, St. Louis, and serves as chairwoman of the theology department at Nerinx Hall High School.) What an…
Readers of Interchange and Loretto announcements and those who check the committee member lists in the Loretto Directory know Mary Ann Lovett. As she puts it, when she decided to…
