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Loretto at the UN celebrates the 10th annual celebration of the International Day of the Girl

By Beth Blissman CoL / October 12, 2022 /

Loretto at the UN co-sponsored the Girls SpeakOut event held at the U.N. yesterday, and it was truly inspirational. This year, in recognition of the existing and growing gaps in…

Generations of Excellence

By Loretto Community / October 10, 2022 /

Published by The Montgomery Independent on Oct 4, 2022 Times are hard…our school is learning to navigate a new normal amid a pandemic. War and civil unrest are too close…

Loretto’s Carbon Reduction Fund Helps Support Earth’s Restoration

By Loretto Community / October 10, 2022 /

In “All We Can Save,” Katharine Wilkinson and Ayana Elizabeth Johnson write, “To address our climate emergency, we must rapidly, radically reshape society. We need every solution and every solver.…

Speak Up, Speak Out and Get out the Vote!

By Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL / October 5, 2022 /

Oh, the days dwindle down to a precious few, September, November!  Willie Nelson, “September Song” That line from “September Song” is a fitting way to begin an exhortation for all of…

St. Mary’s and Loretto Heights Sisters Moved to Mt. Olivet Cemetery

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / October 1, 2022 /

M. Josefina Ortiz (1861-1896) was the first sister to be buried in the Loretto Heights Convent Cemetery, in Feb. 1896. Rita Therese DuBor (1909-1969) was the last to be buried,…

Loretto Motherhouse Retreat Centers: Spaces for Rest, Beauty and Transformation

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2022 /

Have you ever made a retreat? What comes to mind when you think of a retreat? We think of time set aside, alone or with a group, in which one…

Ag Bash is a Smash!

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2022 /

Aug. 13 was a smash of a day for the Loretto Community and neighbors because of the Back to School Ag(ricultural) Bash I organized with logistical help from farm staff.…

Reflection on Legacy

By Pat McCormick SL / October 1, 2022 /

Editor’s note: In July and August the Loretto Community participated by Zoom in sessions reviewing over 100 Community responses to these questions: What is Loretto’s legacy? Why does it matter…

The Sarah Community Celebrates 25 Years

By Annie Stevens CoL / October 1, 2022 /

In 1997 The Sarah Community (TSC) was founded by five women’s congregations in Saint Louis, Mo., to meet the retirement and long-term care needs for their members and the general…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 1, 2022 /

Recently I came across a copy of the “Occasional Papers,” a publication of LCWR (Leadership Conference of Women Religious), summer 2012. The theme of this issue, mystery unfolding, raised my…

More than a Room

By Mary Nelson CoL / October 1, 2022 /

Since my move to the Loretto Motherhouse, I’ve been asked how I could be happy with “just a room.” To be honest, the thought did cross my mind — briefly.…

Maribah Ishaq Departs to Chicago with Blessings

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2022 /

As readers of Interchange know, Maribah Ishaq has now entered the Inter-Congregational Collaborative Novitiate in Chicago. She visited Loretto locales before making the journey to Chicago. An interesting, attractive, intelligent…

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