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 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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
“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,…
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…
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…
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”…
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…
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…
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…
