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On my recent visit to El Paso, Mary Margaret Murphy introduced me to Patsy Stallworth, a longtime friend of Villa Maria, the home that Loretto sisters founded to support immigrant women. We met for brunch at El Serape, where the…
One of the great visionaries of planet Earth is the Jesuit priest-scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Much of what we have learned about the Universe and the new cosmology comes from his teaching. One of those amazing truths is that…
I would like to express deep gratitude to all of you who live and work at the Motherhouse. You received Philani Dlamini (a Loretto “grandson”) and me with warmth in both large and small conversations. I especially thank Martha Alderson…
The Loretto Community Carbon Reduction Fund granted $800 to the Global Village Children’s Project in Uganda in 2023. The Project had tapped a Nile River tributary, which never dries up, to irrigate cropland to grow maize. At harvest time, if…
To build relationships you have to “waste time” together. The Focus Community Gathering in Racine, Wis., did that and so much more. The Land Justice teams from 15 different communities of women religious, the former Nuns and Nones Land Justice…
The late Loretto sister Mary Peter Bruce brought Michael Lapsley to us. Years ago, Mary Peter, along with Connie Newton, met Michael at a religious meeting in Quito, Ecuador, where they be came fast friends. Mary Peter frequently asked Michael…
There are no unimportant moments in any lifetime. All are precious gifts of opportunity to know and serve the One who made us and continues to call us throughout our life. The self-gift of God is always with us; we…
Christina Garcia CoL was accepted as a co-member on March 21, 2023. She and her husband and two daughters live in Denver where she is a teacher at St. Mary’s Academy. At SMA, she serves with Regina Drey as the…
The Kentucky settlers and the Indigenous Peoples they displaced have a common story—they were almost all refugees, which means for one reason or another they needed to leave where they were living because times were hard. The Native Peoples had…
This week Loretto celebrates its newest Co-members! Robin Marlow CoL was accepted this past April 8 into Loretto co-membership. She has been consistently involved with Loretto in Denver for the last three-plus years and participated via Zoom with the wider…
Published May 22, 2024 by The Record Eleven individuals and organizations, including Dominican Sister of Peace Claire McGowan and Jessie Rathburn, were honored with the first Isaac Wolfe Bernheim Climate Hero Award. … — Jessie Rathburn helped to establish the…
