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Leading into the future

By Christina Manweller / September 18, 2024 /

In July Loretto gathered to elect new leaders, hold discussions, pass proposals important to the Community and enjoy time together. As Community members gathered in Louisville, Ky., and on Zoom…

Living history

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /

In this 1961 photograph, taken in the museum at Loretto Motherhouse, Antonina Ryan SL shows an old spinning wheel to Marian Wheatley Medley, daughter of Carl Wheatley, Loretto’s farm manager.…

Students volunteer at Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /

On June 1, students from Loretto-associated schools — Loretto Academy in El Paso, Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis and St. Mary’s Academy in Denver — arrived to spend…

Seeking Home: Commemorating 200 years at Loretto Motherhouse

By Eleanor Craig SL / September 18, 2024 /

In the beginning … This story is about an unusual group of women, daughters of Maryland settlers. They were young women who came together on the Kentucky frontier in the…

Summer at Loretto Motherhouse brims with community activities

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /

In addition to the Seeking Home procession in June and an important Assembly, this summer saw Loretto visitors engaging in numerous family activities. These included Family Fun Day, the Heritage…

Unforeseen uprooting 200 years ago led the Sisters of Loretto home

By Loretto Community / September 17, 2024 /

In 1824, the Sisters of Loretto were forced to move from their home of the past 12 years to the current location of the Loretto Motherhouse 9 miles up the…

Congratulations to all Loretto’s outgoing & newly elected Leadership!

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

The government of the Sisters of Loretto and the spirit of the Loretto Community is designed to foster the Community’s faith life and mission. Each member “has the responsibility to…

Mary Beth “Buffy” Boesen SL, President

By Loretto Community / September 16, 2024 /

One of the first things people ask when I meet them is “Is Buffy your real name?” The answer is long but I repeat it willingly and happily because I…

Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on ‘largest pro-life issue’ — the Earth

By Loretto Community / September 13, 2024 /

Published by National Catholic Reporter on Sept. 9, 2024 Deep along two-lane roads, nestled amid the undulating, verdant hillsides of Vermont, the Sisters of the Earth Community at Green Mountain Monastery…

Eileen Harrington CoL named Edgewood College 2024 Distinguished Alumni

By Loretto Community / September 11, 2024 /

Each fall, Edgewood College recognizes extraordinary alumni with three awards: Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award acknowledges the accomplishments of alumni who have achieved excellence in their professional career…

Musings of a Summer Intern

By Loretto Heritage Center / September 10, 2024 /

By Grant Stroud The Heritage Center was excited to welcome Grant Stroud as our 2024 Summer Intern. Grant came to us from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill,…

Loretto’s collaborative efforts extend its mission to work for justice, act for peace

By Loretto Community / September 9, 2024 /

What is the invitation of our time? What crossroads are we facing? What is missing from a community picture? What collaborations sustain us? These are questions that many religious communities…

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