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Loretto involvement in Louisville’s West End

By Martha Alderson CoL / February 1, 2024 /

On a rainy Saturday in October, a small group of Loretto members headed to Louisville for a meeting with members of the West End Louisville Women’s Collaborative. There was no…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / February 1, 2024 /

As we greet this New Year, many of us habitually think of those New Year’s resolutions that we often make and within a few weeks are forgotten. Perhaps this year,…

Our move to a new house: A journey of hope and joy

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2024 /

By Maribah Moving to a new house, even when it is just a rental house, is more than just a change of physical location — it is a transformation of…

Evolving in community: The Loretto Justice Fellowship program is underway

By Annie Rosenkranz / February 1, 2024 /

Like the Loretto Volunteer Program from which it evolved, the Loretto Justice Fellowship program connects the next generation of justice leaders to Loretto, to impactful service work with Loretto-aligned justice…

Polyglot Perspectives: Archiving Loretto’s Multilingual Collections

By Reba Weatherford / January 30, 2024 /

Imagine I handed you a document and instructed you to file it in its proper place. What’s the first thing you might do? Hopefully, you would read through the document…

‘What about the girls?’: Marian Middle School is Loretto’s answer

By Loretto Community / January 29, 2024 /

The question that began the project that is now called Marian Middle School was asked by Loretto Sister Nancy Wittwer, “What about the girls?” The answer to that question is…

Family History Day at Loretto Heritage Center – boxed lunch registration

By Loretto Community / January 26, 2024 /

Please use the form below to order your boxed lunch(es) for the Family History Day event, presented by the Loretto Heritage Center. You have the option to pay by check…

Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle eNewsletter – 1/25/2023

By Loretto Community / January 25, 2024 /

Loretto Joins Mennonite Peace Action

By Loretto Community / January 24, 2024 /

Co-members Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates represented Loretto at a Mennonite-led peace action for Gaza in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. They were among about 200 people who gathered for a…

Bound for the Promised Land: Loretto Roots and Enslavement

By Annie Stevens CoL / January 24, 2024 /

For the first five decades of its existence in the antebellum South, the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross, as an early American religious congregation, participated in…

New ‘Pan Hall’ residents share their favorite Loretto connections

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / January 22, 2024 /

The Sisters of Loretto founded Loretto Heights College (LHC) in 1891 in Denver. As Loretto Heights College expanded, Pancratia Hall was built in 1930 by renowned Denver architect Henry Edbrooke…

Monday Starter: Loretto sisters call for peace in Middle East

By Loretto Community / January 22, 2024 /

Published by the Global Sisters Report on January 22, 2024 The Loretto Community has joined the ever-growing chorus of voices calling for peace in the Middle East.  “Loretto grieves the…

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