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Published by KTSM.com on August 7, 2023 “EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — Loretto Academy celebrated its centennial this year, marking 100 years since its founding by Mother Praxedes. “The Catholic school opened back in the 1920’s, as an all-girls boarding…
Published by The Oldham Era on July 28, 2023 “A Crestwood artist has been chosen for a summer residency that will have her painting at the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx. Marcia Holloway Ross was selected to take part in the…
Every day. Every year. We must ask ourselves, “Where does your heart belong this year?” Read with us the challenge outlined in I Am the Way, the Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto: “We work for justice and act for…
Published by NewsBreak on August 2, 2023 “The historic Loretto Academy building is located at 1111 W. 39th Street in the Westport District neighborhood in Kansas City, Missouri (Jackson County). There are so many stories of people who built and…
The High-Level Political Forum (HLPF) is an annual forum where member states (countries) of the United Nations gather to report on how they are progressing toward completing the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Sustainable Development Goals were adopted in 2015 by all U.N. member states as…
Loretto Sister Delores Kincaide, formerly known as Sister Mary Laurian, died July 30 at the Loretto Living Center at the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. Dori was 93 years old and was just completing the 74th year of her religious…
On July 25, 2022, Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas, in solidarity with the Loretto Community, signed on to the Laudato Si’ Action Platform and took the first steps on the journey of becoming a Laudato Si’ School. During the…
The Lumen Christi Award was given posthumously to Sister Frances Marie Walsh SL, and Loretto Co-member Ried Clark was honored with the Spirit of Loretto Distinguished Alumnae Award July 15 at the Loretto Heights all-classes reunion in Machebeuf Hall on…
“Summertime and the livin’ is easy. Fish are jumpin’ and the cotton is high…” From “Summertime,” music by George Gershwin, lyrics by DuBose Heyward, for the opera “Porgy and Bess,” 1934 Go around hummin’ “Summertime” all day and you will…
Archives are full of primary sources that answer historical questions, and the archives at the Loretto Heritage Center are no exception. The archives hold annals, correspondence, annual reports, photographs, journals, audio tapes, and much more that help to answer researchers’…
The Sisters of Loretto, a Roman Catholic congregation, are looking for an experienced non-profit manager and leader to serve as Executive Director for the Loretto Community. Our next Executive Director will help us pave the way for our community’s future…
