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The winter 2021 issue of LCWR’s “Occasional Papers,” entitled “God’s Infinite Vision,” is dedicated to our call to see the world as God sees it. Gabriele Uhlein’s article* “Collectively Seeking the Emerging New” shares with us a “collective presencing practice”…
On April 5, a large virtual gathering of Webster University scholarship students and donors celebrated together and shared stories. Among the participants was Barbara Ann Barbato, long-time Webster faculty member, who noted how energizing it was to see current students…
By Angela Rakes, Education and Outreach Coordinator for Loretto Motherhouse As part of the 2021 Loretto Community Assembly, Loretto Motherhouse Farm Director Cody Rakes, my husband, shared with the Community how combating climate change and caring for Earth is a…
I am pleased to announce that the Board of Trustees of Loretto Academy has appointed our fifth president, Nicole Cobb. Nicole is a 2002 graduate of Loretto Academy and is a native El Pasoan. Nicole attended Harvard University, graduating with…
Back in January, the Heritage Center staff were asked about an oil painting of the Epiphany that hangs in the Motherhouse Infirmary. This work, showing the three Magi visiting the Holy Family, has a plaque on its frame for “Francois…
Susan Swain SL By Marlene Spero SL Susan Swain SL was a gifted teacher and administrator who brought to Escuela years of innovative elementary school teaching. Susan was skilled in implementing the open classroom concept that focused on the individual…
What if we were to do away with misery in Juarez? We think this can be done. The Rev. Peter Urban, a priest of the Denver Archdiocese, Loretto co-member and founder of Miguel Pro Mission. The mission focuses on two…
Escuela de Guadalupe’s mission is “to support and uplift the global community, our families and our students by offering an education that integrates Spanish and English biliteracy, Catholic values and academic rigor.” Now in its 23rd year of operation, Escuela…
Followers of Jesus have responsibilities, and if they are smart they never do them alone. Loretto has been graced by God to become a community on pilgrimage. We have walked together and believed in each other on every journey we…
By Kathleen DeSutter Jordan Perhaps the deepest and most inspiring connection between Loretto and the Catholic Worker was the profound respect and deep friendship between Dorothy and Mary Luke. Kathleen DeSutter Jordan I was blessed to have been taught by…
By JoAnn Gates CoL and Cathy Mueller SL What lens can we find together to imagine and to work our way into a hopeful, peaceful future? Elaine Prevallet SL Sister of Loretto Elaine Prevallet has devoted much of her life…
We gathered in our home church to see and hear with our hearts a tragic reality about our homeplace, that these grounds have been a place of wounding for many individuals of dignity and worth. Eleanor Craig SL This past…