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2020 Vision: Seeing Where We Belong

By Loretto Community / July 6, 2020 /

The government structure of the Sisters of Loretto is designed to foster the faith life and mission of the congregation. “I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #102 The Loretto Assembly…

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Loretto Community Members March for Justice

By Leslee Moore CoL / July 1, 2020 /
A black woman wearing a covid mask and a white shirt that says: Black girl magic holding a protesting sign at an outdoor protesting event. Her sight says: Black Lives Matter

On the evening of May 25, 2020, where Chicago Avenue and 38th Street meet in Minneapolis, Minn., George Floyd was murdered by a white police officer. Mr. Floyd was restrained…

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From Loretto at the UN: A Quick Pivot Leads to an Inspiring Visit 

By Beth Blissman CoL / July 1, 2020 /
Eight women smiling together for a group picture in a small room with maps, art, and posters decorating the walls.

In a typical year, Loretto at the UN welcomes an intergenerational delegation of feminists in mid-March to U.N.’s headquarters in New York City for the annual Commission on the Status…

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Becoming Attentive to Signs of Emergence in Our Midst

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / July 1, 2020 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

Against the backdrop of the coronavirus global pandemic, with the new moon of late May beginning to set with the sun, 25 women from 19 locations in two countries came…

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Loretto Heritage Center: Stories from the Past Opening Paths for the Future

By Loretto Community / June 29, 2020 /

What’s in the Loretto Heritage Center? Just yellowed old papers and dusty relics, right? The newest “yellowed old papers” are digital photos and emails fresh from Loretto members at last…

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Loretto Sisters: Witnesses to God’s Faithful Love

By Loretto Community / June 22, 2020 /

“From our simple beginnings on the Kentucky frontier in 1812 and up to the present, we, as Sisters of Loretto, share in that mysterious yet pragmatic gift of the Holy…

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Loretto Community Statement on U.S. Supreme Court DACA Decision and the Urgent Need for Reform of U.S. Immigration and Asylum Laws

By Loretto Community / June 19, 2020 /

Members of the Loretto Community rejoice in yesterday’s (June 18, 2020) DACA decision from the U.S. Supreme Court because it removes the immediate threat of deportation for 700,000 of our…

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Loretto Leaders Keep Fire Going As They Follow God’s Call

By Loretto Community / June 15, 2020 /

“Then I heard the voice of God saying, ‘Whom shall I send?’ I answered, ‘Here I am, send me.’”  ( Isaiah 6:8) Loretto leaders are rooted in the rich soil…

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Notes & News – Spring/Summer 2020

By Loretto Community / June 12, 2020 /

Smithsonian exhibit group meets at Motherhouse  By Susanna Pyatt, Loretto Heritage Center Curator  The Loretto Heritage Center will host the Smithsonian traveling exhibit “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” at Loretto…

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Cecily Jones: a poet for today

By Martha Alderson CoL / June 12, 2020 /
A woman with short, grey hair, smiling for a picture while sitting in a lawn chair outdoors in autumn. She is wearing a dark blue striped sweater.

The Porch of Possibility, Vol. II, by Cecily Jones SL (1924–2017), is available for purchase. The book, published in 2018, includes 33 poems, most com-posed after Vol. I was published…

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Pakistan: Helping our neighbors protect themselves

By Nasreen Daniel SL / June 12, 2020 /
Women sewing

Photos by Nasreen Daniel SL The whole of humanity is grappling with the coronavirus. In Pakistan, after the appearance of COVID-19, the price of masks drastically increased. Poor people all over…

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Through Loretto Link we extend our mission into the future

By Barbara Roche SL / June 12, 2020 /

Loretto came to be and comes to be through the creative Spirit of God, whose grace worked powerfully in our founders and continues to work in the community as a whole and…

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