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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / October 8, 2024 /

Sister Mary Ann (formerly Sister Ann Michael) Cunningham SL died Oct. 8, 2024, at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. Her niece, Sister Cathy…

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Working for justice and acting for peace by improving accessibility

By Loretto Community / October 7, 2024 /
Four people smile together while riding on a golf cart outside on a sunny day.

Working for justice and acting for peace can take many forms. Sometimes, the first step is making sure events, resources and information are accessible to everyone, whether able-bodied or disabled,…

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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / October 5, 2024 /

Loretto Sister Mary (formerly Sister M. Susan Jean) McAuliffe died Oct. 5 at Loretto Living Center on the grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. She was 82 and in…

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Forum on Nuclear Disarmament

By Allison Lemons CoL / October 4, 2024 /
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Allison Lemons CoL, resident of New Mexico and active member of Loretto’s Peace Committee, has long been committed to pursuing an end to the threat of nuclear weapons. She attended…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 4, 2024 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

Recently I received an interesting reflection by Jan Phillips. She started with this quote from Francis of Assisi (1181-1226), “What we are looking for is Who is looking.” The following…

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Peace Week at the Motherhouse

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / October 4, 2024 /
One woman watches as another one signs a paper on a wooden podium with a microphone on a church stage.

As we began the celebration of International Peace Week at the Motherhouse Sept. 15-21, on behalf of the Loretto Community, outgoing president Barbara Nicholas and incoming president Buffy Boesen signed…

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Moving to the Mariella Apartments

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / October 4, 2024 /
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Sister AnnDavid Naeger SL recently moved into one of the new Mariella Apartments at the Loretto Living Center and wrote about her experience. Almost as soon as we heard the…

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Shaista Alyas and Saima Munir enter Loretto novitiate

By Loretto Community / October 4, 2024 /
Three women sitting on a patterned couch in a room together smiling for a picture.

Brand new Loretto novices are Saima Munir, who also uses Saima Kiran, and Shaista Alyas, both of whom lived with Nasreen Daniel, Maria Daniel and Samina Iqbal in Lahore, Pakistan.…

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Ag Bash a big draw

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
A woman demonstrates for two teens how to fold a paper crane at table at an outdoor event.

By Angela Rakes The first Saturday in August was buzzing with visitors to the Loretto Motherhouse’s third annual Back to School Ag Bash. Over 400 people braved the wet conditions…

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Spirit of Loretto Award goes to Helen Sanders

By Cathy Mueller SL / October 3, 2024 /
A woman with short white hair wearing a floral sweater and white cardigan smiling for a picture outdoors on a sunny day.

After Loretto Heights College (LHC) closed in 1988, the Spirit of Loretto organization was started to create a home place for graduates. Lydia Peña and Mary Nelle Gage have worked…

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Barbara Lee: A bridge to connect to our roots

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Two women standing and smiling together visiting a slave memorial site.

By Rosa Lizarde All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.– Bell Hooks Connecting Our Roots, organized by Loretto Link’s Cooperative Economics Working Group in…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 3, 2024 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

At a recent Zoom gathering, Sue Kenney opened the meeting with reflections from “A Century of Change: Loretto’s Second Century.” She started with this quote from the preface by Patricia…

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