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Every child who walks through our doors should know they are loved, seen and known. That’s where real learning begins. Kathleen Fox, principal, St. Ann School Kathleen Fox, principal at St. Ann’s School in Chicago, was educated at Nerinx Hall…
To work alongside others who are committed to empowering every person seeking assistance and using their expertise to provide relief, justice and hope to the most vulnerable is one of the biggest privileges I’ve stepped into. Maxine Perez The Loretto…
Loretto’s longstanding, living commitment to care for and heal Earth includes the following efforts, among numerous others. Loretto Earth Network The Loretto Earth Network (LEN) was officially born in 1992 as Loretto members and friends gathered in the Colorado mountains…
Thank you to our friends near and far! In May, we raised $6,427 to support Loretto’s Hunger Fund thanks to the generosity of our extended Loretto community. In May, Loretto Motherhouse held a Derby Day fundraiser netting $1,562, and in…
I’m grateful for the support of my colleagues in the Senate and for the faith leaders who inspired this effort, especially Joy Jensen and the Sisters of Loretto. Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Ky. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is the grandfather of…
Thank you for your steadfast support of Loretto. Your generous gifts of friendship, prayers, encouragement, time, talent and financial support this past year and throughout the years keep us actively engaged in ministries of service within Loretto and beyond. As…
One of the things I’ve enjoyed most over this past decade is welcoming over two dozen interns and/or Loretto Volunteers to join me in the work of our office. Beth Blissman CoL For 35 years, Loretto at the UN has…
By Michele Stimac CoL Birthdays are happy times, and in Loretto we celebrate them with JOY. When I was a young Sister of Loretto, I recall frequently talking with others about why we entered Loretto instead of other communities. Time…
The Loretto Community has finalized a two-year lease agreement with Seeds by Canela, a non-profit agriculture project in San Elizario, Texas. The agreement is a concrete step toward the reparative justice to which Loretto committed at Assembly 2024 in creating…
Posted on the Kudzujelly substack June 29, 2026 I am an unofficial ambassador to Kentucky’s holy land, an area in Central Kentucky, mainly Nelson, Marion & Washington Counties, abundant in creeks, knobs, convents, abbeys, and art. I love connecting folks,…
Thanks to the leadership of George Washington and the combined efforts of the French Navy and Washington’s good friend and ally General Marquis de Lafayette, the British surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. The fight for independence was over.…
The Sisters of Loretto with their purely American heritage and spirit are of the very marrow of American history. Florence Wolff SL Editor’s note: In the fall 1976 issue of Loretto Magazine, Florence Wolff SL published “Loretto and the Bicentennial,”…