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By Iris Cano, Loretto Justice Fellow Migration is often seen as a pathway to a better life, filled with hope for new opportunities. However, from what I have witnessed firsthand, it can come with profound psychological challenges. Through my work…
The Warheads to Windmills Coalition sent a letter to President Donald Trump Jan. 22, the anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, asking him to sign the treaty on behalf of the United States and to invite…
All life is precious. From the beginning God was in love with us and wanted to live with us to reveal to us what true humanity looks like. We are tall, short, Black, brown, white, thin, smart and not so.…
Loretto Co-member Rita Vigil died Jan. 20, 2025, in Colorado Springs, Colo. She would have turned 89 Feb. 5. Rita became a Co-member May 8, 2004. She was received into Loretto as a vowed member May 24, 1955, taking the…
Loretto members Karel Disponett, Neil Tucker, Julie Popham and Eleanor Craig set out this past September from the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky., for a weeklong expedition eastward to explore Loretto roots in Maryland. Another Loretto Roots journey is being…
Loretto is proud to celebrate the EPA awarding a grant of more than $20 million to COMMÚN in support of the work to save and re-develop Machebeuf Hall, part of the historic Loretto Heights campus. COMMÚN, directed by Margaret Brugger, is…
One of the most intriguing aspects of an archival collection is that it contains many bits and pieces that, woven together, reveal entire stories. Sometimes a curious researcher comes upon the many pieces of a big, international story. In the Loretto…
By Arantza de Jesus Before entering the Fellowship, I never thought that my work and personal life could get along; it always felt like I had to pick one or the other. When I entered the Fellowship, I discovered that…
The Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto gives us a hint about this week’s message to our readers: “The Spirit of God is not bound, it reveals itself in the lives of everyone. Even as we give to others, we…
In every journey there is a hidden space for you to discover. Perhaps God is creating it for you now. Maybe it’s a new road to travel. Or perhaps it is discovering new gifts you have just found. Maybe it…
Overshadow us with your Love, shelter us with kindly care.We have nowhere else to go till harm passes by. Give us courage,Send your light, and joy will be our praise.When the dawning breaks, then our hearts will awakeAnd know a…