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A Warm Welcome to New Co-Member, Joyce Minkler!

By Lisa Reynolds CoL / April 1, 2021 /
Woman sits on a rock outcropping with a beautiful spread of red leaves behind her.

Welcome to our newest co-member, Joyce Minkler! She has been a long-time friend, co-worker and neighbor of Loretto. As a psychotherapist, Joyce had a private practice in the underserved area…

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Loretto at the UN Adapts to Virtual Commission Meeting in Style

By Beth Blissman CoL / April 1, 2021 /
Screenshot of online meeting participants

The Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), a functional commission of the United Nations Eco-nomic and Social Council (ECO-SOC), is composed of 45 member states that serve on a…

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Roots, Land and Sky

By Libby Comeaux CoL / April 1, 2021 /
Sprouts coming up from the soil.

Loretto Community has deepened, expanded and sought to rise in our exploration of our interwoven destiny with the rest of Earth, and our understanding of what it means to be…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / April 1, 2021 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

It is April, the season of New Life! Is there New Life emerging in my/your life and in the Loretto Community? The idea of people and/or communities going through a…

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Come and See… The Loretto Community

By Claudia Calzetta SL / April 1, 2021 /
Two women, wearing long-sleeve patterned dresses smiling together while sitting in a living room sorting papers together.

The year 2021 is truly a time of change, of hope for new ways of thinking, of hope for new life. We see this in our world, our country and…

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CSW65 (Commission on the Status of Women) – 2021

By Loretto Community / March 29, 2021 /
Screenshot from Zoom meeting of 15 people in their "Zoom boxes"

CSW65 was an entirely virtual CSW (Commission on the Status of Women) as the pandemic continued on. The priority theme was “women’s full and effective participation and decision-making in public…

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Loretto Stands with Mary at the Foot of the Cross

By Loretto Community / March 29, 2021 /

The Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross is our full title. “I Am the Way,” Loretto’s Constitutions, # 1, tells us, “Our charism of loving service, rooted…

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Read the latest issue of the Loretto Circle Newsletter – 3/25/2021

By Loretto Community / March 26, 2021 /
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Knobs Haven: Renovation of Retreat House Kitchen

By JoAnn Gates / March 26, 2021 /
Sunlight streams into a kitchen with center island

The kitchen in the Knobs Haven house has received a total makeover so that individuals and groups can safely store and easily prepare their own food. This option will enable…

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Loretto Treasures Sacredness of Earth

By Loretto Community / March 22, 2021 /
Woman in rainponcho marches with poster reading "Care for Our Mother Earth."

“I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #12, says, “We dedicate ourselves to Jesus Christ in his unique person, and to the new creation for which he died and rose.”  The…

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Loretto Decries Killings in Atlanta, Stands With Asian Americans & Calls for Action on Gun-Control Bill

By Loretto Community / March 19, 2021 /
Colorful artwork with the text "We work for justice and act for peace." Art by Bob Strobridge.

The Loretto Community joins with all those mourning the recent killing by a white male in Atlanta of eight people, six of whom were Asian women. This horrible tragedy touches…

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Loretto Efforts Create Better Future for Women and Children

By Loretto Community / March 15, 2021 /
Seven women stand in front a window with a US flag behind them

“I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #71, tells us, “We rely with hope on the Spirit of life whose power at work in us is able to do more than…

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