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A New Partnership for Loretto at the UN

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Loretto at the UN is happy to announce an inspiring new partnership with the global organization Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW). SRW is a relatively new nonprofit making it possible for sisters to overcome…

Community joins Sisters of Loretto in Seeking Home Walk

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Published by the Paxton Media Group on July 3, 2024 Celebrating its 200th year at the current Motherhouse location, last Thursday the Sisters of Loretto joined with more than 100…

Archives conducts reframing project of artifact collection, plans to target over 180 items

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Published by the Lebanon Enterprise, July 31, 2024 After receiving funding for the project earlier in the year, members of the Loretto Heritage Center stated that the effort to reframe…

Loretto’s Midweek Mission Message: Mission focused and issue driven

By Loretto Community / July 29, 2024 /

This week Loretto’s Facebook page will feature posts from Loretto’s “Midweek Mission Message.” Midweek Mission Message, or MMM for short, is a weekly email series that highlights various mission focuses…

Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 7/26/2024

By Loretto Community / July 26, 2024 /

Loretto Motherhouse Farm officially a Kentucky Heritage Farm

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age which have stayed in…

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

Every Monday, Loretto retreat staff Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media we’d like to share a…

Sisters of Loretto Elect Des Moines Native To Lead Congregation

By Loretto Community / July 23, 2024 /

Posted by the Diocese of Des Moines on July 23, 2024 The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July…

With a song in our hearts: Loretto loves music!

By Loretto Community / July 22, 2024 /

Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do! Loretto loves music! All kinds of music. Loretto loves popular music and old songs that touch our hearts. Loretto loves jazz. Loretto…

Loretto archivists: Caretakers? Detectives? Techies? All of the above!

By Loretto Community / July 15, 2024 /

The Loretto Heritage Center includes both an Archive and a Museum where the 200-plus-year history of the Sisters of Loretto and the 40-plus-year history of the Loretto Community are documented…

Loretto Community’s new leadership to take office September 15

By Loretto Community / July 11, 2024 /

The Sisters of Loretto elected Sister Mary E. “Buffy” Boesen SL as the congregation’s next president during its July 5-10 Delegate Assembly in Louisville, Ky. Sister Buffy will take office…

Wish You Were Here: Loretto History in Postcards

By Loretto Heritage Center / July 2, 2024 /

Most everyone has received postcards from friends having fun while traveling to beautiful and interesting places, and hopefully we’ve had the opportunity to send a few, as well. Postcards are…

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