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Authors and Artists
Each book written, each artistic endeavor demonstrates the vision of Loretto members as they share their artistic gifts with the Community and beyond. Learn more about our Loretto Authors and Artists.
Loretto educates for the times – Sharon Kassing SL: The gift of learning
Loretto has a heart for education. The first Sisters of Loretto taught children on the frontier in Kentucky starting in 1812. As the order moved across the country over the next century and a half, and then into South America…
Kentucky Holy Land
Posted on the Kudzujelly substack June 29, 2026 I am an unofficial ambassador to Kentucky’s holy land, an area in Central Kentucky, mainly Nelson, Marion & Washington Counties, abundant in creeks, knobs, convents, abbeys, and art. I love connecting folks,…
Roberta Hudlow SL shares art of teaching and seeing everyday beauty
Roberta Hudlow SL stands among the Loretto Community’s most prolific artists and inspiring art teachers. Roberta has taught art in many Loretto schools, including Nerinx High School and Marian Middle School in St. Louis, Toolen Academy in Mobile, Ala., and…
Artists bloom at Loretto Motherhouse
Since 2022, the Loretto Motherhouse has partnered with Kentucky Foundation for Women to offer residencies to artists living in Kentucky through the Loretto Artist Residency Program. Residencies are for literary, media, performing and visual artists who have demonstrated achievement in…
Author Reading & Book Signing with Dora Rodriguez, border activist and author
You are invited to an Author Reading & Book Signing with Dora Rodriguez, border activist and author of Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain Dora: A Daughter of Unforgiving Terrain is a gripping memoir by Dora Rodriguez, Founder and Director…
Elaine Marie Prevallet SL: Spiritual writer, mystic, humble of heart
“For those of you who do not know anything about Elaine Prevallet, let me just tell you that she is well known in the Loretto Community as a spiritual writer, a mystic, a contemplative and one of the few of…
The amazing artistry of Jeanne Dueber SL
My work continues to be organic and, more specifically, rooted in the human figure. However, I frequently stay at the cutting edge of the purely abstract and the real, sometimes only hinting at the more objective shape. Jeanne Dueber SL…
A woman and her camera: Peg Jacobs CoL, capturing Loretto
Peg Jacobs – photographer extraordinaire. Anyone who has seen the photography of longtime Loretto Co-member Peg Jacobs knows that her images evoke something significant deep within every viewer. Her photographs speak to a wide range of society. They are full…
English Elm Tree
Sr. Anndavid Naeger wrote this week about the beautiful English Elm tree on the Motherhouse Campus. For many years, Anndavid has written a newsletter called “Our Days at Loretto Motherhouse” for Loretto Community Members. In celebration of all things tree,…
Press release: Kentucky Foundation for Women announces Winter/Spring 2025 Loretto Artist Residents
Posted in Link NKY April 11, 2025 KFW (Kentucky Foundation for Women) is excited to announce the recipients of the Winter/Spring 2025 Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters of Loretto and KFW. Residencies span one to three weeks…
Loretto Magazine – Winter 2025
Download Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Loretto Leadership A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL As the newly-elected president of the Loretto Community, I invite you as you read this magazine to journey with us through this window…
Art for the sake of justice and peace
There is a ‘relationship between art and religion, there’s no question; it’s all one kind of spiritual experience.’– Bob Strobridge Bob Strobridge CoL has designed and sewn bold, colorful banners for the Loretto Community for decades. The banners, often sharing…