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Posted by Global Sisters Report May 5, 2025 Sisters stand with marginalized via billboard The Loretto Community and the Dominican Sisters of Peace teamed up to place two billboards in Springfield, Kentucky, standing with those at the margins. The billboards…
Our life in community in the present time empowers us for mission and is itself an expression of mission. I Am the Way, #35 I tell you, if they keep silent, the stones will cry out. Luke 19:40 Isaiah reminds…
During the five weeks that Pope Francis was treated for complications of respiratory infection, journalists were preparing articles about his legacy in anticipation of his death. In his autobiography, “Hope,” Francis recounted that, as a young priest, he fell victim…
Dear SMA Community, Since the 1990s teachers and staff from St. Mary’s Academy, Loretto Academy and Nerinx Hall High School have traveled to Loretto’s Motherhouse in rural Kentucky for the annual Teacher Immersion. Loretto’s home since 1824, the Motherhouse encompasses…
This article was republished from the Fall 1976 issue of Loretto Magazine. When available, the original photograph used in the publication was scanned. Where the original photos couldn’t be located, scans from the magazine were used. Photo captions have also…
By Jennifer Staed March 8, International Women’s Day, brought 2,000 sign-holders to the sidewalks of Brentwood, Mo., to show their support for many actions. The organizers of the event encouraged each participant to exercise the right to gather peacefully. Participants…
The St. Mary’s Academy Diversity Club hosted its 24th annual Diversity Day on Feb. 4 with the theme “Diverse Minds, One Vision.” Led by seniors Ava Safavi, Aleena Nauman and Kenna’D Darnell and juniors Maya Ursua Garcia and Madison High,…
It’s Friday, Feb. 21, and I find myself in the Arizona desert standing in a circle of about 100 people listening to Apache leader Wendsler Nosie Sr. “We’re doing this for those who hate us…. We’re doing it for those…
We all have experienced many changes in our lives these past several years. In our evolutionary journey our consciousness keeps rising and as a consequence, we become aware of new things that are emerging and old things that emerge with…
Easter is not over. In fact, Easter is never over. Easter is the most important feast of the entire Church year, we are invited to embrace this great mystery and are called to bear witness to Christ in both His…
Posted by National Catholic Reporter April 28, 2025 Catholic sisters, including those based at the United Nations and whose ministries focus on international concerns, say Pope Francis set an example for the whole world in shedding a spotlight on the…
Posted by the Kansas City Star April 23, 2025 The Sisters of Loretto, a Catholic order that originated in Kentucky, came to Kansas City in 1899. Their mission here and in other growing cities was to educate young women, and…