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By Genesis Rodriguez, 2025-’26 Loretto Justice Fellow What a journey this year has been from orientation until now. I still remember how nervous I was to begin this experience, and now it’s hard to believe that it’s already over. This…
By Dani Felix, 2025 – ’26 Loretto Justice Fellow at Abara As my fellowship comes to an end, I have been thinking a lot about how important it is to find a sense of community, especially when it feels like…
Loretto Justice Fellow Edward Smith completed his fellowship with the Opportunity Center and reflects on his experience: It has been six months since I finished my last reflection paper, and I cannot not believe how much has changed with not…
“Invisible Threads,” the April gathering in Boulder, Colo., of members of the Vietnamese adoptee group, warmed our hearts and brought hope. During these days we were able to individually share family adoption files. Susan Carol McDonald and I worked in…
Here is what the kids say: “I made new friends, best friends!” “I met kids from 15 different countries.”“Did you know I can read?”“I won a prize in math class!”“Our team won state in volleyball!”“I love my teacher. She is the…
Posted by the Arlington Catholic Herald May 13, 2026 Minutes before the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of St. Ann School in Arlington May 13, Nancy Cribb described what the school meant to her family. “The school is our family,”…
Announcement posted on the University of Colorado, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences website, May 12, 2026 Lauren Hosek’s co-authored article, “On Making Descendant Communities: Three Case Studies From Historical Bioarchaeology,” Published in American Journal of Biological Anthropology. Abstract…
Editor’s note: This is a talk given by Drew Holtmann, teacher at Nerinx Hall High School, at a prayer service at the Motherhouse church about Earth, creation spirituality and community during our high school students’ volunteer week in June. I…
Before I entered the Community, Loretto was already engaged in the hard work of confronting homophobia and transphobia that threatens the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people. For example, at a Colorado assembly in the 1980s,…
By Luna Palacios, 2025-26′ Loretto Justice Fellow An old friend once told me that the price of community is inconvenience, that it takes time and asks us to think outside of ourselves. But what is community if not love? And…
Kathleen Fox lives Loretto’s mission every day. Her life is a powerful example of how the Loretto spirit can take root in a young person and continue to grow for years to come. A graduate of Nerinx Hall High School…
Education. Advocacy. Healing. Spirituality. Loretto’s four areas of focus reflect the vision and energy of the Community. These values connect the Community as a bridge for all to cross, leading to mission in its various forms. The values, represented by…