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Loretto Emphasizes the ‘Passion’ in Compassion

Loretto Community
March 22, 2020
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Pauline Albin SL shares food and refreshment with an immigrant traveler at the Louisville, Ky., bus station. Loretto members regularly have joined with a group known as “the Grannies” in carrying out this ministry of mercy to immigrants, refugees and migrants.

In the word “compassion,” Loretto places the core emphasis on “passion,” where we center our lives and work. We all ask where is God when suffering happens. No answer comes readily. But we know that the deeper answer involves showing mercy and offering reconciliation, both of which direct our hearts to God. As Loretto, we keep trusting in the providence of God.