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In December Wren Smith will be honored at the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) annual conference in St. Augustine, Fla. Wren is an NAI-certified interpretive trainer. Wren, a co-member, is inspired and graced by the Loretto Community, which shares a…
Walking, I am listening to a deeper way. Suddenly all my ancestors are behind me. Be still, they say. Watch. Listen. You are the result of the love of thousands. Linda Hogan, “Dwellings: A Spiritual History of the Living World”…
Kaitlyn Marie Wise was killed on Valentine’s Day, 2023. She was 29 years old and lived in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. On May 13, 2024, more than a year later, Dailin Marquez Brown-Graves, age 23, was arrested and charged with…
Originally posted on the Religious Formation Conference website October 2024. The four vowed women religious in this year’s Together program took some time to respond to questions about themselves. Learn more about their inspiring journeys to Chicago! … Maribah IshaqSisters…
Loretto Co-member Patricia “Pat” (Miller) McShea died peacefully Oct. 23 at her home in Littleton, Colo. Pat’s husband, Loretto Co-member George McShea, and their daughter, Joyanne, were at her side. Pat was 90 and in the 40th year of…
Below is a letter to the editor I wrote that was printed in the Santa Fe New Mexican on Aug. 17. The important thing is to get people across the country thinking about nuclear weapons and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). ICBM’s contain…
Meet our 2024/2025 Loretto Justice Fellows! Our Fellows are students at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University. Loretto’s nine Fellows are pursuing various studies, including social work, law and political science. Join us this…
Published October 19, 2024 by the Kentucky Standard. Kentucky Foundation for Women is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters of Loretto and KFW. Residencies span one to three weeks…
October is indeed a month of bountiful harvests — just a few weeks ago we recognized the International Day of Non-Violence, and today is World Food Day (WFD). WFD is celebrated internationally every year on this date to commemorate the founding of…
In mid-2022 the Loretto Community was invited to participate in the Nuns and Nones (N&N) Land Justice project. N&N was aware of Loretto’s interest in this topic, as demonstrated by the 20 Loretto Community members who took part in a…
Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care. The group urged Pope Francis to move past the Church’s…