Our move to a new house: A journey of hope and joy
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 self and a journey filled with the hope of new…
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Polyglot Perspectives: Archiving Loretto’s Multilingual Collections
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 to determine its author, contents, and purpose. Knowing who wrote…
‘What about the girls?’: Marian Middle School is Loretto’s answer
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 held deep in the heart of Loretto. Catholic families who…
Family History Day at Loretto Heritage Center – boxed lunch registration
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 or online payment. Registration deadline – February 18, 2024.
Loretto Joins Mennonite Peace Action
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 prayer service outside the Cannon House Federal Building in support…
Bound for the Promised Land: Loretto Roots and Enslavement
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 the system of enslavement of human beings of African descent.…
New ‘Pan Hall’ residents share their favorite Loretto connections
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 to provide classrooms and dormitories for Loretto Heights Academy students.…
Monday Starter: Loretto sisters call for peace in Middle East
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 deaths in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank,” the community…
Loretto and its Sister Communities support spirituality of peace, global interconnectedness
Throughout the years, Loretto has honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s message of non-violence. Our members have celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day in various parts of the country where there has been a Loretto presence since the 1980s when…
Loretto urgently calls for end to Middle East war
Loretto grieves the deaths in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, mostly women and children. All their homes in Gaza are gone. The survivors in Gaza are starving. We, the Loretto Community,…
A Fallow Time Reflection
By Susan Classen CoL and JoAnn Gates CoL Fallow time. Wintering. Call it what you will, only one out of every 10 living in the U.S. call the winter months their favorite. Certainly there are many who truly suffer —…