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In Remembrance: Loretto Honors All Saints and All Souls

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2021 /

An angel and a cross are profiled in front of the setting sun.

“I Am the Way,” Loretto’s Constitutions, tells us that the same Spirit who inspired and guided our founders gathers us in community today. We walk with all those “Friends of…

A Fond Farewell to the Powerhouse

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / November 1, 2021 /

A red brick building being demolished by a large Deere excavator outdoors in front of large green trees and a blue sky.

After the powerhouse was built in 1921, the coal trucks have lumbered up the entrance hill, dumped the boiler’s sole diet, then rattled down the hill empty. Whether it was…

Cattle Care at the Motherhouse Part One

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2021 /

Three young cows with pink ear tags looking at the camera while laying in a bed of hay in a wood and metal barn.

By Angela Rakes As Education and Outreach Coordinator for the Loretto Motherhouse, I often get questions about the Motherhouse Farm’s raising of cattle for meat. As part of the Farm…

What is the Loretto Feminist Network?

By Jean East CoL / November 1, 2021 /

Five women conversing in their personal spaces via web-call.

Prior to 2019, this network was known as the Loretto Women’s Network (LWN). It is now the Loretto Feminist Network (LFN). There are important reasons for the expanded name. For…

Bernalillo Indian Boarding School

By Eleanor Craig SL / November 1, 2021 /

Indian School Archived Image: A black and white image of a large light-colored stone boarding school with a two-story balcony and deck filled with numerous students in dark-colored long dress uniforms on both the upper and lower levels of the balcony and deck.

Loretto’s school at Bernalillo opened in April 1875 as a day school for local children. It did not at first include Native American children but did have 15 orphan girls…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / November 1, 2021 /

Often we become aware of new ideas, challenges or inspirations that suddenly emerge in our lives and demand our attention. One of these inspirations came to us in the September…

Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 10/27/2021

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2021 /

Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee Serves as Beacon of Hope, Force for Change

By Loretto Community / October 25, 2021 /

Group photo of 14 Border Trip participants

Loretto has heard the words of Pope Francis as he has worked for years to protect the rights of the immigrant. In his “Message for 2019 World Day of Migrants…

Loretto Sisters Communities: Beyond the Boundaries of Our Hearts

By Loretto Community / October 18, 2021 /

In 1998 Loretto’s heart was enlarged as we entered into two new relationships. Our heart was broken open to the Daughters of the Most Blessed Trinity (FST) in Ghana, as…

Striving To Care for Earth, Loretto Joins Global Justice Initiatives

By Loretto Community / October 11, 2021 /

Graphic representing the 7 goals of Laudato Si'

“All is not lost. Human beings, while capable of the worst, are also capable of rising above themselves, choosing again what is good, and making a new start.” (Laudato Si’,…

Loretto Retreat Centers: Imagine Yourself Here!

By Loretto Community / October 4, 2021 /

A wooden swing hangs from a tree branch. In the background, a statue of Mary stands in the middle of the lake.

Knobs Haven and Cedars of Peace are ecumenical retreat ministries of the Sisters of Loretto, located on the 788-acre grounds of Loretto Motherhouse in central Kentucky. The retreat centers are guided…

Loretto Joins Laudato Si’ Action Platform, Commits to Journey Toward Integral Ecology

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2021 /

The Loretto Community Forum announced Oct. 1 its endorsement of the Loretto Community Groups’ enthusiastic agreement to express the Community’s participation in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform when it is…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.