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Vacation time! Fun for all!
Early on, Sisters Mary Catherine Widger and Sue Rogers felt that the archdiocesan special ed staff should get to know their students apart from a classroom, and that the students should experience vacations, summer camp, eating out. Disneyland here we…
Loretto educates for the times – Donna Day SL: Learning along the way
The best teachers are the ones who show you how to use your heart.” * Donna Day SL shares this quote that reflects her deepest belief about teaching. To Donna, teaching and learning are intertwined. Like other teachers, she knows…
A Letter from President Buffy Boesen SL
Dear Reader, I have a small poster in my house that reads, “Take time to wonder, to give thanks and to praise!” As I walk into 2026 with you, I wonder about so many things. I wonder what our world…
Special Needs Fund Update
Loretto’s Special Needs Fund is one component of Loretto’s Mission, as inspired and directed by our Loretto Constitutions: “As we stand with Mary at the Foot of the Cross, we strive to bring the healing Spirit if God into our…
Lent with Loretto, week one: The first sorrow of Mary
The First of the Seven Sorrows: Mary listens to Simeon’s prophecy that a sword will pierce her heart. Let us pray: From I Am The Way “As friends of Mary, mother of Jesus and woman of faith, we unite ourselves…
Join Loretto this Lent as we walk with Mary through her Seven Sorrows
Ash Wednesday, Feb. 18, begins our Lenten journey. This year, Loretto will gather weekly in prayer guided by Scripture through the Seven Sorrows of Mary. The choice is quite fitting, as I Am the Way, Loretto’s Constitutions, #54, reminds us,…
Practicing Nonviolent Direct Action
Perhaps you heard a racist joke and you didn’t laugh. Or you went further and said, “That’s not funny.” You engaged in nonviolent direct action. Does this surprise you? You didn’t think you were an activist. But yes, standing up…
Remembrance of the Life of Martha McNamara CoL
Loretto Co-member Martha McNamara died Feb. 6 at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. She was 79. Martha was born to Robert Rihn McNamara and Rebecca Black McNamara in Elizabethtown, Ky. She graduated from Elizabethtown Catholic High School in 1964,…
Remembrance of the Life of Robin Marlow CoL
Loretto Co-member Robin Marlow died in her sleep Feb. 5, 2026, after having suffered a massive stroke the week before. She was 76. Robin was a Loretto Co-member since 2024 and active in numerous Loretto committees and groups, often providing…
Envisioning a Bright Future: The Good Works of Loretto’s Committees
Loretto believes the Gospels – and Pope Francis‘s encyclical “Laudato Si’: On Care for Our Common Home” – call us to imagine and help build a future marked by healing, justice and care for Earth. One way we live this…
Catholic Schools Week: Loretto salutes its Loretto pre-K, primary school teachers
“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” Nelson Mandela Catholic Schools Week should be more than one week out of the whole year! It is a celebration of academic excellence, faith formation, community…