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No one comes to work in a job or even a task that they love to be praised. But there are Loretto members, past and present, whose ministry or service goes well beyond what one might expect. We don’t go…
A year ago the Loretto Community marched with the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C. This year the Poor People’s Campaign met in convention in D.C. and Loretto stayed home, working and waiting to learn the next step which is turning our…
The joy of writing in a magazine about people and places and stories of old is an act of love. It is creative and challenging. It is communicative of a message that is often beloved to its readers. That is…
This interview originally appeared in the Vision Beyond Sight podcast on July 5, 2023. Magdalena McCloskey, long-time Loretto co-member, “educator, former nun, and player of the senior women’s softball club Colorado Peaches” was the guest speaker recently on the podcast…
Concerned about the environmental impact of traditional burials, Loretto set aside six acres of woods and meadow in 2018 as a natural burial site for Loretto Community members.
Thank you to the Catholic Worker and guest writer Anne Marie Kaune for this tender, insightful review of “Give Me a Living Love: The Poems of Ann Manganaro.” Kaune ends with this comment: “The Sisters of Loretto, Kathleen DeSutter Jordan…
Anyone living today who is not aware of the crisis our world is in has to be existing with their head in the sand. For years now individuals who have developed a higher consciousness have warned humanity of the breakdown…
Editor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to these wise women and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members. This month’s feature highlights Maureen Fiedler, Peg Jacobs and Joy…
By Sarah Hoeynck Motherhouse in 2017, I listened to Eleanor Craig read the poem “Upon This Hill” by Cecily Jones. This powerful work and its obscure historical references inspired me to research the various fires at Little Loretto and the…
Welcome to our newest co-members, Theresa Miller and Pam Morgan! Theresa and Pam were accepted into co-membership on June 5, 2023. They are well known in the Community: Pam lives in Kentucky and works at the Motherhouse; Theresa lives in…
In April 2023, the Cedar Falls (Iowa) Human Rights Commission drafted a proclamation calling for June to be declared Pride Month. The proclamation was sent to the city council for its approval at its May 1 meeting. Two days prior…
I’m not sure about you, but when I grew up in the 1960s there were not many single-use plastics in our everyday lives. To me it makes no sense whatsoever to make something that I’m going to use for a…