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“Do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with God.” Micah 6:8 The Poor People’s Campaign (PPC) is a community of faith that hopes to counter narratives of exclusion. Loretto Link’s Good Trouble Working Group joined the Poor People’s Campaign and subsequently presented…
“The vocation to be a Sister of Loretto shows itself in a spirit of courage and generosity, marked by a trust in God, ingenuity and self-reliance, made firm by a personal response to God through the Church.” I Am the…
Loretto Sister Angela Bianco died peacefully June 18, 2022, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary. She was 78 and in the 38th year of her life as a Sister of Loretto. Angela wrote the following remembrance of her life. It was shared at…
It’s finally happening, the first Meeting of States Parties to the U.N. Ban Treaty! Eighty-six countries have signed the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and 61 states have ratified it! The states parties are meeting in Vienna along with civil…
Loretto Co-member Rosalie Consuelo Durán died June 12, 2022, at The Oberon House in Arvada, Colo. Her family and her Loretto friends had been closely in touch; she recently received the last sacraments from Co-member Marty Lally. Rosalie was 90…
Loretto Sister Mary Louise “Billie” Vandover SL, died Sunday morning, June 12, at the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary in Nerinx, Ky., in the company of close friends, including Marie Lourde Steckler SL and Cathy Smith SL. Billie, 85, had just celebrated the 60th…
When a little kid, one of our members often had Campbell’s Alphabet Soup for lunch. She would pick out letters in the soup to spell her name or her town or even new words she was learning, like “DOG” or…
Despite the fact that Loretto established three different schools in Arkansas, they all vie for some of the shortest-lived Loretto houses. None lasted more than four years. They were all founded at a time when Loretto was expanding across the…
In the life of Loretto, an early prayer greeting created by our priest-founder Father Charles Nerinckx calls us “O Dear Sisters and Scholars.” Yes, we are all learners and realize the need as scholars to continue our learning, no matter…
In my 42 years at St. Mary’s Academy (SMA), it is my current work as Director of Loretto Projects/Historian that is perhaps most satisfying, as it provides opportunities to share Loretto with students, faculty and parents. In anticipation of SMA’s…
On April 25 we gathered in the Loretto Heights cemetery in Denver to celebrate Loretto’s Foundation Day and honor “the ones who came before us.” Attendees included several sisters of Loretto, co-members, St. Mary’s staff, Loretto Heights alumnae, neighbors and…