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Loretto Marches with the Poor People’s Campaign

By Loretto Community / June 22, 2022 /
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“Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.” Micah 6:8 The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) is a community of faith that hopes to counter narratives of exclusion. Loretto Link’s Good…

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Loretto Jubilarians: Faithful to the Gospel & Dedicated to Loving God’s People

By Loretto Community / June 21, 2022 /
List of names of people celebrating jubilees in 2022

“The vocation to be a Sister of Loretto shows itself in a spirit of courage and generosity, marked by a trust in God, ingenuity and self-reliance, made firm by a…

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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Angela Bianco SL

By Loretto Community / June 18, 2022 /
A woman with short grey hair and glasses wearing a striped collared shirt and a bright green jacket smiling for a headshot picture next to a brick building.

Loretto Sister Angela Bianco died peacefully June 18, 2022, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She was 78 and in the 38th year of her life as a Sister of Loretto. Angela wrote…

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Nuclear Ban Week in Vienna

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / June 15, 2022 /
A pink banner with a white dove in the middle has blue lettering around it saying "Lorettos for Disarmament"

It’s finally happening, the first Meeting of States Parties to the U.N. Ban Treaty! Eighty-six countries have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and 61 states have ratified it!…

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Remembrance of the Life of Rosalie Durán CoL

By Loretto Community / June 12, 2022 /
A woman with short brown hair and oval-shaped wire-framed glasses smiling softly for a headshot picture wearing a red collared shirt and green and black sweater.

Loretto Co-member Rosalie Consuelo Durán died June 12, 2022, at The Oberon House in Arvada, Colo. Her family and her Loretto friends had been closely in touch; she recently received…

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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Mary Louise ‘Billie’ Vandover SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / June 12, 2022 /
A woman with short grey hair and oval glasses smiling candidly looking off to the side while wearing a blue shirt and a white and embroidered vest outdoors on a sunny day.

Loretto Sister Mary Louise “Billie” Vandover SL, died Sunday morning, June 12, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in Nerinx, Ky., in the company of close friends, including Marie Lourde Steckler…

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Loretto Loves Acronyms: We Hope You Enjoy Our “Alphabet Soup!’

By Loretto Community / June 11, 2022 /
A woman wearing a green shirt and a smile stands amongst a crowd and holds a sign that reads "NFWN keeping faith with Immigrants", with the National Farm Worker Ministry logo in the lower right corner.

When a little kid, one of our members often had Campbell’s Alphabet Soup for lunch. She would pick out letters in the soup to spell her name or her town…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 5/27/2022

By Loretto Community / June 7, 2022 /
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Loretto’s Years in Arkansas, 1838-1845

By Susanna Pyatt / June 7, 2022 /
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Despite the fact that Loretto established three different schools in Arkansas, they all vie for some of the shortest-lived Loretto houses. None lasted more than four years. They were all…

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“O, the Places You’ll Go!”

By Loretto Community / June 6, 2022 /
Jessie Rathburn reads "Braiding Sweetgrass" at an outdoor table, with gardens and a shed in the background.

In the life of Loretto, an early prayer greeting created by our priest-founder Father Charles Nerinckx calls us “O Dear Sisters and Scholars.” Yes, we are all learners and realize…

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Loretto and St. Mary’s Academy

By Regina Drey SL / June 1, 2022 /
Four young kids smiling in front of a colorful poster of letters in uniforms.

In my 42 years at St. Mary’s Academy (SMA), it is my current work as Director of Loretto Projects/Historian that is perhaps most satisfying, as it provides opportunities to share…

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Loretto Celebrates Neil Tucker’s Co-Membership in Kansas City

By Eleanor Craig SL / June 1, 2022 /

“My desire is that this event will allow me to honor Loretto and tell the story of how I encountered and connected with the Loretto Community.” That’s the way Neil…

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