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Published by Global Sisters Report, March 5, 2026 Sisters and lay representatives of sisters’ congregations, as well as leaders of Catholic peace organizations, are condemning in the strongest possible terms the U.S. and Israeli war against Iran, calling it illegal,…
This week we continue on our Lenten journey while celebrating two major saints’ days: St. Patrick (March 17) and St. Joseph (March 19). St. Patrick’s Day spiritually commemorates the life of St. Patrick, a 5th-century missionary who brought Christianity to Ireland…
Sister Katherine Ann Heinz died quietly March 14, 2026, at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. She would have celebrated her 79th jubilee April 25, 2026. She was 97 years old and was active nearly to the end of her days.…
The fourth sorrow of Mary: Mary meets Jesus carrying the cross Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to this fourth session of Loretto’s Lenten reflections on the Seven Sorrows of Mary. Today we’ll spend time reflecting on the “station” where Mary…
Posted by The Record on March 10, 2026 Flaget Memorial Hospital in Bardstown, Ky., has awarded nearly $60,000 in grants to three local organizations to help “improve well-being and healthy equity in the Bardstown area,” according to a press release…
We live in a dangerous moment. Several states have declared it illegal to boycott items made in Israel. Trespass penalties are higher. It used to be that you got “one bite of the apple,” that is, you’d be released with…
The Third of the Seven Sorrows: Jesus is lost in the temple Let us pray: From I Am The Way “As friends of Mary, mother of Jesus and woman of faith, we unite ourselves with her seven sorrows and frequently…
Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation. Mark 16:15 The Jesuit theologian Karl Rahner says, “The Christian of the future will be a mystic, or will not exist.” What a challenge! What is…
“It is important that nothing in our lives cuts us off from other human beings. Rather, we try to live so that everything about us, our words and works and manner of living, promotes understanding and peace among ourselves and…
Mary Catherine Widger SL tells the story of a child with an intellectual disability whose parents hoped would make his First Communion. This was in the late 1970s. Mary Catherine served in the special education office for the Archdiocese of…
‘The history of enslavement by Catholic bishops and clergy, by religious communities and by large swaths of the Catholic laity from 1619 through the Civil War is not well known and ought to be.’ Eleanor Craig SL, CARA award ceremony,…
Donna Day SL served for eight years as director of Intercommunity Housing at Pillar Place, located in the former Loretto Academy building in St. Louis. Pillar Place brought critically-needed housing and services to the local mostly-Black community. While Loretto supplied…