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On Grief: Resources from the Loretto Community Outreach Committee

By Sally Maresh CoL / November 4, 2020 /

When we take time to honor our hearts,            may we remember that we have            deep within us all that we need            to deal with what life brings us.“What gets us…

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‘People are raw’: Sisters reflect on how we live together post-election

By Loretto Community / November 3, 2020 /

Published by the Global Sisters Report on Nov 2, 2020 Sr. Barbara Nicholas was interviewed by the Global Sisters Report for an article in their Election 2020 feature series. “We…

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Loretto Honors All Saints and All Souls

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2020 /

“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…

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Are We Learning Anything from COVID-19?

By Joy Jensen SL / November 1, 2020 /
Bright fuchsia flowers in bloom on a sunny day.

The covid-19 virus has not walked into the Motherhouse Infirmary. We Infirmary residents have been in lockdown since mid-March. We are isolated but not unknowing of the suffering world around…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / November 1, 2020 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

Thomas Merton (1915-1968) has been a favorite of Loretto folks for many years. His teachings and writings continue to inspire and challenge us, and so much of what he wrote…

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Intersectionality

By Jean East CoL / October 30, 2020 /

In the presentation by LFN at the 2020 Assembly (post Assembly), we celebrated the 100-year anniversary of women’s right to vote. As we shared, this really meant white women, as…

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Loretto co-member Jossy Eyre, founder of Women’s Bean Project, was a trailblazer

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2020 /

Editor’s Note: Jossy Eyre died on April 20, 2020. Her legacy lives on as WBP continues its work with vulnerable women. Remembrance written by Tamra Ryan, CEO, Women’s Bean Project. …

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¡Si, se puede! Pearl McGivney SL (Loretto President 2012-2019) left a legacy of commitment and compassion in Florida

By Christina Manweller / October 29, 2020 /

In the early 1970s Pearl McGivney traveled to California to work withnonviolent organizer, activist and labor leader César Chávez. Pearl opened a legal aid office in Salinas. She fought for…

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César Chávez and Loretto: Seeing the movie

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / October 29, 2020 /

Mary Jean Friel CoL and her three grown children, Nathan, Michael and Carolyn, attended the San Diego premier of the 2014 movie “Cesar Chavez.” During the years the movie covers,…

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¡Si, se puede!* Standing with farmworkers

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2020 /

We met migrant farmworker families who lived in terrible situations, shared simple meals with them and held songfests. We learned their needs and responded; this included gathering their young children…

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Loretto rises to the challenge of distance learning

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2020 /

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Buffy Boesen SL and Melissa Casale for information on distance learning at Loretto Academy. Regina Drey SL wrote the St. Mary’s Academy story. Loretto Academy,…

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Loretto’s Latin America/Caribbean Committee Works for Justice, Acts for Peace

By Loretto Community / October 26, 2020 /

We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us. “I Am the Way,” Loretto’s Constitutions, #36 Loretto has heard the words of Pope Francis as he…

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