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Emmy Stoll and Brendan Staff, 12th annual Mary Luke Tobin Social Justice Award honorees, impressed the selection committee with their deep commitment to social justice. Emmy, born in Ethiopia and adopted by her American family as an infant, shares that…
Posted by the Douglas Dispatch, Sept 17, 2024 The Loretto Catholic School in Douglas is celebrating its 100th year this month. The centennial celebration will be commemorated on Saturday, September 21 with a 5 p.m. mass inside Saint Luke’s Parish…
Published by El Paso Inc, Sept 15, 2024 Loretto Academy will soon own the 19 acres its 100-year-old campus calls home. … Sisters of Loretto president, Sister Barbara Nicholas, and president-elect, Sister Mary Boesen, said the sisters have made similar…
This year Nerinx Hall High School celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding by Loretto. The school also celebrated the 212th year of Loretto’s own founding on April 25. The Foundation Day celebration included presentations and discussions on topics that…
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A visit to the Tharparkar desert area in the Sindh region of Pakistan reveals scenes of hardship and poverty. Malnutrition, disease, lack of education and child labor are common. Debt bondage, or bonded labor, a form of modern slavery known…
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. Marian’s family lived in Clare House on the Motherhouse grounds…
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 starting on July 5, the excitement was energizing. The following…
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 a week at the Motherhouse. They enjoyed time with one…
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 area some call the Kentucky Holy Land because of the…
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 Center Open House, the Motherhouse Farm historic designation and Ag…