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Loretto has had a Peace Committee working to end war and create a peace culture since the beginning of committee structures within the government we established in 1970. Members are appointed by the Community Forum to educate and represent the…
There is a ‘relationship between art and religion, there’s no question; it’s all one kind of spiritual experience.’– Bob Strobridge Bob Strobridge CoL has designed and sewn bold, colorful banners for the Loretto Community for decades. The banners, often sharing…
Jackie Diego-Medina CoL has been a Loretto co-member since 2007. She is a licensed clinical social worker living in Texas and has been an active volunteer serving migrants in the El Paso area. Jane German CoL taught on the Navajo…
Mary E. (Buffy) Boesen SL was elected Loretto’s newest president this past summer, an honor and a role she has stepped into with enthusiasm. Buffy was received into the Loretto Community in 1978 and has spent most of her adult…
Nerinx Hall High SchoolSt. Louis Loretto members joined a 3,000-plus crowd in October to celebrate Nerinx’s 100-year anniversary. Festivities included a Mass, student performances, campus tours, carnival games, food from local restaurants and entertainment into the night. A light show…
When the 699 students of St. Mary’s Academy (SMA) gathered for the school’s 160th birthday party in September, it was a joy-filled, high-energy celebration from drone cameras capturing students forming the number 160 to commemorative T-shirts, lively music and birthday…
As the newly-elected president of the Loretto Community, I invite you as you read this magazine to journey with us through this window into Loretto. After a few months of being in this position, I am continually amazed by the…
What has been so important to me in Loretto is living in community where we support one another in how we live our concern about the marginalized, the vulnerable, where we work for peace and justice. Mary Margaret Murphy SL…
Pope Francis’ theme for 2025 and the heart of Catholic Sisters Week is ”Pilgrims of Hope.” It fits very well with the mission statement of the Sisters of Loretto and women religious everywhere. Sisters have always been pilgrims and seekers;…
Posted by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland on March 4, 2025 The Women’s Religious Archives Collaborative announced last year that it would construct a Heritage Center in Cleveland to preserve and celebrate the unique histories and contributions of Catholic sisters.…
My mother, my grandmother, my aunt, my friend. These honored ones, whose names were part of an art project, were some of those remembered in the painting on wooden blocks. The painters gathered on Feb. 1 in the Conference Room…
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe. Joanna Macy All the children in our time who are starving or dying from pneumonia, or any disease, belong to God and not to economic dictators from a country that…