Loretto Peace Committees act for the welfare of all

Loretto has had a Peace Committee working to end war and create a peace culture since the beginning of committee structures within the government we established in 1970. Members are appointed by the Community Forum to educate and represent the Community.

The Motherhouse has had its own Peace Committee for a long time. There’s no record of an origin because volunteers simply do the work. This past year the two committees collaborated to write and pay for publication of a Gaza statement. You can read it here.

The Motherhouse Peace Committee has been conducting an action a month for peace and has:

The Communitywide Loretto Peace Committee meets monthly by Zoom and:

Both committees staffed a table at Loretto’s Election Assembly, collecting signatures to U.S. senators about acting for the passage and ratification of the Global Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The committees support leafleting, lobbying Congress and demonstrating for peace. Loretto engages in work for peace at the border, protests on street corners, attends conferences, teaches, fasts, prays. Our two committees simply gather up the energy of the Community, encouraging and supporting our work for justice and our actions for peace.

*Marie Ego SL, a longtime member of the committee, died in January; her remembrance will appear in the next issue of Loretto Magazine.

To read all of the articles in the winter 2025 issue of Loretto Magazine, click here.