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Loretto Co-member Peg Jacobs died peacefully in the company of her family and Loretto friends as the Community was together in prayer Sunday morning, June 28, 2026. Peg, who was 93, had been a friend of Loretto since meeting Mary…
80+ Jubilee 75th Jubilee 70th Jubilee 65th Jubilee 60th Jubilee 50th – Golden Jubilee 25th – Silver Jubilee 80+ Jubilee Kathleen Tighe SL Happy 82nd Jubilee to Loretto Sister Kathleen Tighe SL! Kathleen Tighe SL was received into Loretto on…
Joy Jensen successfully championed affordable housing legislation for Kentucky that unanimously passed both chambers of the Kentucky legislature and was signed into law on April 7. The bill, modeled after Sen. Sherrod Brown’s national “Yes in God’s Backyard” legislation, will…
Long before it was even warm enough to plant snow peas, Loretto/BVM at the UN intern, Grace Broome, and I were busy nourishing the soil of transformative learning. We checked off details like obtaining United Nations grounds passes; negotiating hotel…
There is a new spiritual movement that has been emerging throughout the Earth for many years called “global spirituality.” It is not a new religion, nor is it coming from different religions. Rather, it is inspired by the Divine in…
Posted by the Denver Catholic June 2, 2026 High above the doors to enter St. Joseph Catholic School in Fort Collins is a colorful bas-relief of the lamp of learning, signifying intellectual illumination, study and truth. Inside the school, every…
It is not hard to believe in the enduring love of God when you meet the 2026 Jubilarians. They count it all joy as they count the wonders of their lives and give thanks for all they have received. We…
In our work at the United Nations, we have long been blessed with an impressive intergenerational team of activists and advocates. Last fall we unexpectedly lost one of our key wisdom figures, Loretto Comember Alice Kitchen. So this spring is…
Would you believe that this old, undated photo of a small house at Loretto is directly connected to our vision of building a new, accessible cabin? “How so?” you might ask.
By Elizabeth O’Hara, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow My brother and I took time to catch up the other day. Like any siblings, we lead very different lives despite living under the same roof. He brought up a dinner he attended…
Loretto Co-member Robert Strobridge died May 28, 2026, at Bickford Manor, Cedar Falls, Iowa, with his sister and other family nearby at the time of his death. Bob would have been 97 June 25. He became a Loretto Co-member April 22, 2001. Editor’s…
By Debbie Ledesma, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow When I first walked into orientation with Loretto Justice Fellowship and Ciudad Nueva, I was stepping into a world that was entirely new to me, unfamiliar with the work, the community and the…