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I have always found it difficult to visualize anything new. When I first applied to the Loretto Volunteer program and accepted my placement with Loretto at the UN, I had…
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Standing in the creek water of Coleman’s run, Susan Classen, during her videotaped Assembly 2021 presentation, reminded us that Loretto land is millions of years old. Loretto land has evolved…
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One of the highlights at Assembly 2021 was the keynote address presented by Teresa Maya, who prefers to be called Teri. Using the theme of the Assembly, “Seeing with the…
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Jeremiah 1:1-19 Psalm 71: 1-17 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Luke 4:21:30 This morning’s Gospel reading from Luke follows directly from last Sunday’s reading. And the two together bring to completion Luke’s…
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On behalf of Loretto and all, during the pandemic, members of Loretto’s Peace Committee stand as witnesses to our nation’s buildup of nuclear weapons. They are witnesses to the U.S.…
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A young boy grows up in the era of segregation, a young man is moved into leadership in the civil rights movement, an educated leader works through painful moments believing…
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Angela Mary Murphy was born in Sterling, Ill., the daughter of Stephen Andrew Murphy and Genevieve Angela Potts. Angie was very proud that her great grandfather, Henry Potts, was a…
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God touches us deeply in the very core of our daily lives, be it in the ways we work, pray, play and, yes, even eat! In the week ahead on…
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Mary Edith Jones was born on March 28, 1937, at DePaul Hospital in St. Louis, the first of eight children of Ernest Robert and Rosemary Furlong Jones. She grew up…
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Published by the National Catholic Reporter on December 8, 2021 In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the organization for its outreach to the LGBTQ…
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On the feast of Epiphany of the Lord, we sing “We Three Kings,” the beautiful hymn based on Matthew’s Gospel 2: 1-11. The part of the hymn everyone knows is…
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