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July Forum: Green Burial in Kentucky

By Loretto Community / July 23, 2024 /

Hosted by the Global Green Burial Alliance and featuring Loretto Co-member Susan Classen (amongst others), this is a Zoom discussion about the green burial movement in Kentucky. Other speakers include eco-friendly cemeterians, funeral directors, death doulas, and casket makers, all based in Kentucky. Learn about the movement’s progress and obstacles, what eco-friendly funeral options are…

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Piano Concert – Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series

By Loretto Community / May 17, 2024 /

Please join us for the next concert in the Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert series. Dr. Kevin Priebe will give a piano concert at Loretto on Sunday afternoon, May 26, 3:00 p.m. All are welcome to enjoy.

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Seeking Home: Commemorating 200 years of the Sisters of Loretto at Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / May 7, 2024 /

What: Commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Loretto’s journey from Little Loretto (near St. Charles Church in Marion County, Ky.) to the current site of the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, Ky. Loretto will commemorate the journey with a caravan of cars and farm wagons, and area students will serve as an honor guard for the…

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Interactive Accessibility Training

By Loretto Community / April 16, 2024 /

Loretto is happy to offer an accessibility training to members of the greater community.  The training will equip you with the knowledge and skills you need to create programming and spaces accessible to all, while helping you meet federal and state grant requirements for education in planning for accessibility. The training will take place on…

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Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series – Ryan Schuering piano recital

By Loretto Community / March 27, 2024 /

Please join us for another concert in the Loretto Motherhouse concert series on May 11, 2024. Ryan Schuering, a student of Vernon Cherrix, will give a piano class recital at 3pm ET in the Loretto Motherhouse church. Ryan Schuering has been playing piano since he was three years old. In 2023, he attended the Aspen…

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Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series – Les Six

By Loretto Community / March 26, 2024 /

Les Six, the woodwind and piano sextet from Louisville, will play at Loretto Motherhouse Sunday, April 28, 7:00 p.m. Les Six is a sextet of friends who play piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and French horn for the pure pleasure of playing great repertoire. All are welcome. Admission free.

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Loretto Motherhouse Church Concert Series – Trumpet Concert

By Loretto Community / March 20, 2024 /

The University of Louisville Trumpet Studio will give a concert at Loretto Motherhouse. The program will feature many works for solo trumpet and trumpet ensemble under the tutelage of Dr. Reese Land, trumpet professor. Join us!

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Loretto Motherhouse Concert – Pianist Nada

By Loretto Community / March 4, 2024 /

Pianist Nada will give a free concert at the Loretto Motherhouse Church on Sunday, March 17 at 3pm ET. She has performed internationally from concert halls of Salle Gaveau in Paris, Severance Hall in Cleveland, Yamaha Hall in Tokyo, Auditorium de Radio-France, Assembly Hall (AUB), and venues such as Louisville orchestra, Lakeside Symphony, Lebanese National…

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Retreat: Decolonizing Our Hearts and Minds: Personal, Social and Ecological Transformations

By Loretto Community / February 20, 2024 /

Registration is now closed for the May 8-11, 2024 retreat at the Loretto Motherhouse entitled “Decolonizing Our Hearts and Minds: Personal, Social and Ecological Transformations.” Jessie Rathburn CoL will be the presenter. Please watch for future retreat opportunities.  

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Loretto Motherhouse Concert – Debussy, Bottesini, Hertl and Chopin

By Loretto Community / February 9, 2024 /

The next concert in the Loretto Motherhouse Concert series will take place on Tuesday, February 20, 2024, at 7 p.m. Grace Baugh-Bennett and Robert Docs will perform a program of works by Debussy, Bottesini, Hertl, and Chopin in the Loretto Motherhouse church.

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Family History Day at the Loretto Heritage Center

By Loretto Community / January 29, 2024 /
The front of a brick building with white french doors, an arched window, and the name plaque: Loretto Heritage Center featuring a vintage-inspired logo of a drawing of an old building. Stairs and a handrail are leading up to the doors and the photo features green leafy branches around the perimeter of the picture.

The Loretto Heritage Center is hosting a Family History Day on Saturday, February 24th, 9am – 4:30pm. Twelve speakers will discus a range of genealogical topics including accessing local sources and African American genealogy. A short beginner course will be available for those wanting to learn how to get started on their own genealogy. A…

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Ryan Schuering – Piano Concert

By Loretto Community / October 25, 2023 /

Please join us for a piano concert by Ryan Schuering at 3:00pm E.T. on October 28, 2023. Mr. Schuering will be performing in the Motherhouse Church at the Loretto Motherhouse. All are welcome to attend.

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