Loretto Community

As Sisters of Loretto and Co-members of Loretto, we work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.

We believe that each person is called by God to love and serve God’s people. Loretto welcomes those drawn to our mission who wish to explore connections with the Community, including Co-membership and other forms of belonging.

Come learn our story and explore where you feel most at home with us. Let’s talk!

“My commitment is to share concern which all members have for each other, extend and share Loretto’s vision, and to gift personal talents and ministry.”

The Rev. Peter Urban CoL

priest in residence, St. Anthony of Padua Parish, Denver

Sisters of Loretto

As vowed Catholic sisters, we commit ourselves to generous love and personal initiative in following the Gospel. We pledge ourselves to living simply by sharing all things in common in a spirit of trust.

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Co-members of Loretto

Co-members are people who share the values and mission of the Sisters of Loretto. The Loretto co-membership program welcomes people of all backgrounds, faith traditions, races, genders, and sexual orientations.

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“I greatly appreciate Loretto’s stance on living the Gospel and in so doing, working for justice and acting for peace. I believe that, through the faithful living of my vows, I contribute to the building of justice that the world so desperately needs. ...I know that my membership in the Loretto Community is the concrete way that God is calling me. Together we stand with Mary at the foot of the cross and help transform the world’s suffering into Easter joy, one relationship at a time.”

Liz Deines SL

Loretto Justice Fellowship

Investing in the next generation of social justice leaders

Our History

Mission grounded in the Gospel

Mission

“We work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.”

Faith & spirituality

We profess reliance upon God and each other

About us

Learn about our spirituality, history, Motherhouse and leadership

Recent posts

Square image with "2026 Jubiliarians" in green in the center. Scattered around the text are the following 21 names: Kathleen Tighe, Bernie Feeney, Bea Klebba, Claudette LoPorto, Nasreen Daniel, Barbara Nicholas, Elaine Prevallet, Carole Eschen, Sylvia Sedillo, Peter Urban, Maria Visse, Lydia Peña, Pat Joyce, Jeannine Gramick, Claudia Calzetta, Susan Schilling, Anndavid Naeger, Kathy Santopietro Weddel, Sue Charmley, Elizabeth Croom, and Patricia Herron.

Count It All Joy – Loretto Jubilarians!

A photo of Loretto Co-member Robert Strobridge

Remembrance of the Life of Robert Strobridge CoL

Resize Vietnamese group and Mary Nelle Gage by Routh Routten copy

Invisible Threads

A head/shoulder shot of Loretto Sister Nancy (formerly Sister Richard Anne) Wittwer

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Nancy (formerly Sister Richard Anne) Wittwer SL

Remembering Selma, 1965

America’s Catholic Patriots

A photo of Loretto Co-member Susanne Terry

Remembrance of the Life of Susanne Terry CoL

Wednesday Witness

Catholic sisters call US-Israeli strikes on Iran illegal, immoral

Remembrance of the Life of Sister Katherine Ann Heinz SL

The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.