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Pray, Play and Eat! Soup’s On!

By Loretto Community / January 10, 2022 /
A little girl sits with a bowl of chili. A Christmas trees is behind her and snow can be seen through the windows.

God touches us deeply in the very core of our daily lives, be it in the ways we work, pray, play and, yes, even eat!  In the week ahead on…

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Remembrance of the Life of Mary Edith Jones Seematter CoL

By Eleanor Craig SL / January 8, 2022 /
A woman with short white hair and wire-framed glasses wearing a long sleeve white undershirt and a red and green plaid collared button-up shirt smiling for a portrait picture while posing by resting her elbow on an iron fence.

Mary Edith Jones was born on March 28, 1937, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, the first of eight children of Ernest Robert and Rosemary Furlong Jones. She grew up…

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Pope Francis thanks New Ways Ministry in recent correspondence

By Loretto Community / January 4, 2022 /

Published by the National Catholic Reporter on December 8, 2021 In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the organization for its outreach to the LGBTQ…

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Star of Wonder: Loretto celebrates Epiphany!

By Loretto Community / January 4, 2022 /
A stained glass window shines with golden stars and a blue and purple background

On the feast of Epiphany of the Lord, we sing “We Three Kings,” the beautiful hymn based on Matthew’s Gospel 2: 1-11. The part of the hymn everyone knows is…

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The Hope of the New Year Begins!

By Loretto Community / December 27, 2021 /
Fireworks backlight the American and Kentucky flags

When the Christmas carols are all sungWhen the Epiphany star is at its brightestWhen the Magi returned safely to their homeWhen the shepherds are back tending their sheepWhen the angels…

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Merry Christmas to All From the Loretto Community: The Story of the Christmas Crèche

By Loretto Community / December 20, 2021 /
A Christmas star on top of a building is profiled against the pinks and purples of the sky at sunset.

Is your crib set up? Years of religious imagination have created Christmas crèches that tell the story of that holy night.  Stories and images frame our traditions giving us a…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 12/16/2021

By Loretto Community / December 16, 2021 /
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“Christmas Always”: A Loretto Heritage Center Christmas Treasure

By Reba Weatherford / December 14, 2021 /
Red book cover. Title reads "Christmas Always and Rosemary's Wish."

The holiday season is once again upon us, and the Heritage Center would like to share one of the many treasures in our collection. The Heritage Center houses a large…

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Remembrance of the Life of Sister Ann (formerly Sister Ann Maurice) Barrett SL

By Eleanor Craig SL / December 13, 2021 /
A woman with short grey hair and black-framed glasses wearing a white collared blouse, a red sweater and a grey jacket smiling brightly for a headshot picture indoors.

Sister Ann Barrett wrote a brief account of her family life in 1976.  We recognize in these two paragraphs her lifelong love for her family and place of origin, an…

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Take a Break and Discover Rich History of the Loretto Community

By Loretto Community / December 13, 2021 /
Archival photo of a Sister of Loretto with her class in 1890

Located on the grounds of the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky., the Heritage Center houses documents and artifacts from the 200-plus year history of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto…

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Flames of love and commitment burn on after war

By Loretto Community / December 8, 2021 /
Two women, one Vietnamese and one White, embrace and smile for the camera.

Standing with the adoptees … now grown By Mary Louise Denny SL There is often a deeply rooted need for a sense of belonging. Susan Carol McDonald SL knew this…

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A life lived for the sake of the other

By Christina Manweller / December 8, 2021 /
A woman cradles a dozing infant in this archival photo.

In May 1973, 28-year-old Susan Carol McDonald SL arrived in Vietnam to work with Rosemary Taylor, an Australian nurse who had been caring for orphans and arranging for their adoptions…

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