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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.
‘Upon This Hill’ – Poem by Cecily Jones SL
From “Mostly for Promise: Poems by Cecily Jones SL,” published 2013 Reflections of Isabella Clarke on the Sisters’ Transfer from Little Loretto to St. Stephen’s Farm, November 1824 After the death of Rev. Father Nerinckx, the Right Rev. Bishop Flaget…
Loretto art education: bringing ‘the healing spirit of God into our world’
The Sisters and Co-members of Loretto “strive to bring the healing spirit of God into our world.“ As our readers know, there are many ways Loretto hopes to do this. One of the ways is through education. Loretto members have…
Ross among residency program recipients
Originally published by The Oldham Era on March 21, 2024 Crestwood’s Marcia Holloway Ross is among those who the Kentucky Foundation for Women have selected as recipients of the winter 2023/spring 2024 Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters…
Loretto Motherhouse embraces visiting artists, groups, who, in turn, do same
The book of Genesis tells us, “The Lord is definitely in this place, and I didn’t know it. This sacred place is awesome.” (Gen.28: 16-17) Of course, all Loretto members think the Motherhouse, with its wonderful grounds, is awesome. We…
Loretto celebrates collaborative work with St. Louis artist and teacher Rudy Torrini
The Loretto Community celebrates the creative minds and hearts of its members. Our authors, poets, sculptors, artists and craftspeople enhance the life of the Community and the wider world with their works. This week we highlight Loretto’s love for artist…
New Loretto books of interest
Women of Spirit, Courage and Action This booklet is a collection of profiles and stories of members of the Loretto Community, along with stories of women across the world who have made a difference by promoting change, working for justice…
Preciously repurposed
Published by The Oldham Era on July 28, 2023 “A Crestwood artist has been chosen for a summer residency that will have her painting at the Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx. Marcia Holloway Ross was selected to take part in the…
Representations of the Loretto Staircase Mystery
Archives are full of primary sources that answer historical questions, and the archives at the Loretto Heritage Center are no exception. The archives hold annals, correspondence, annual reports, photographs, journals, audio tapes, and much more that help to answer researchers’…
Catholic Worker book review of “Give Me a Living Love: The Poems of Ann Manganaro”
Thank you to the Catholic Worker and guest writer Anne Marie Kaune for this tender, insightful review of “Give Me a Living Love: The Poems of Ann Manganaro.” Kaune ends with this comment: “The Sisters of Loretto, Kathleen DeSutter Jordan…
Loretto’s Past Comes to Life with “A Sisterhood on Fire”
By Sarah Hoeynck Motherhouse in 2017, I listened to Eleanor Craig read the poem “Upon This Hill” by Cecily Jones. This powerful work and its obscure historical references inspired me to research the various fires at Little Loretto and the…
Ann Manganaro SL, M.D.: Gifted physician, teacher, poet
In I Am the Way, the Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto, the section titled “Charism” in article #9 calls persons to loving service “to work for a future in which the poor and suffering, the hungry in body and…
Ann Manganaro SL: Poet
The out-shining, out-reaching sea-Strange mystery of life at lastBursting forth in us. Excerpt from “March 1981” Ann Manganaro SL wrote, “I sing of the light behind the sky” (1/1/1981). In her poetry, she sings, laments, shares life’s beauty and struggles.…