Donna Mattingly SL
I grew up on a small farm in rural Central Kentucky near the Sisters of Loretto Motherhouse. The area is also known as Kentucky’s Holy Land. Before I entered Loretto I worked many years at the local newspaper as a…
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Maribah Ishaq SL
My name is Maribah Ishaq from Pakistan. I have been with the Sisters of Loretto since March 2020. Before coming to the convent, I was a teacher and taught English, Urdu, computers, science and religion to third-to-eighth graders for 11…
The Rev. Marty Lally CoL
A native of Denver, I am a second-generation graduate of Holy Family High School, originally staffed by the Sisters of Loretto. My family and I have known Loretto for many years through the parish and the school. After graduating from…
Cathy Smith SL
I was born in Kansas City, Mo., and lived there until I was 4. Then we moved 63 miles away to Topeka, Kan., where we stayed until 1976, then returned to Kansas City. I attended the local Catholic parish grade…
Kathy Wright SL
I was born in Washington, D.C., and traveled west from there to Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas and a few other places. After graduation from Kirkwood High School in Kirkwood, Mo., II attended Mundelein College and Quincy University in Illinois. After…
Reflection on the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
God really likes surprises. In 1951 when 15 of my 36 novitiate classmates and I gathered for the first time at lunch in the guest house, which is now Knobs Haven, some of us decided that Sister Antoinette would one…
Reflection on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
As many of you know my niece, Dominica, and her husband, Fernando, were in a catastrophic car accident in mid-July. Both were injured. Fernando suffered massive head trauma and serious brain damage, was resuscitated at the scene, and has been…
Reflection on the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today Deuteronomy, Psalm 15, James and Jesus according to Luke tell us to act from our hearts. Not to murder or lie or cheat but to do good. I think those of us gathered here today in this Church are…
Reflection on the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I first sat with these readings I connected immediately with the first reading where God is inviting people back to fidelity and a closer relationship. And I think this might be what happened to the tribes of Israel when…
Reflection on the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
John 6:51-58 The words from John that we have just heard speak strongly to those of us who stand within the Christian tradition. The words resonate with anyone who walks with followers of Jesus. Jesus says, “I am the living…
Reflection on the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sometimes I think the “Jews,” who in John’s Gospel passage for today refers to the religious leaders, get a bad rap. Let’s pretend for a few minutes. Suppose Aiden Miles, a new employee in the dining room, were to ask…
Reflection on the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Exodus 16:2-15. Ephesians 4:17-24. John 6:24-35 Bread is the central image of today’s readings, as it was last Sunday. It illustrates a single theme in…