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.
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power. American novelist Toni Morrison By…
Read More about Sharing Our Story: Celebrating Loretto Members’ Long and Vital Writing TraditionThe Loretto Community at the Motherhouse is partnering with the Kentucky Foundation for Women (KFW) to offer artist residencies of one to three weeks. The residencies are open to feminist…
Read More about Artist Residencies at the MotherhouseGuess which artist is most represented in the Loretto Heritage Center? Sister Gabriel Mary Hoare! We have over 70 works by her in the collections here. People who have been…
Read More about Sister Gabriel Mary’s ArtworkPublished by The News-Enterprise on August 25, 2022 An interest in writing about her family history inspires a local artist to complete a residency in Loretto. In partnership with the…
Read More about Residency leads to writing about family historyPublished in The Lebanon Enterprise on July 13, 2022 “For most Marion County residents, the property in Nerinx owned by the Sisters of Loretto is just a place for retired…
Read More about Artists find peace at NerinxIt all began with a simple request from Kathleen Tighe, “We would love to have you join the Outreach Committee team that helps prepare the quarterly Zoom rituals for the…
Read More about My Journey with WATERThis is how things come to be: A while back, in a Community Group, Kitty Madden mentioned this book, “The Good Ancestor,” by Roman Krznaric. Jessie Rathburn picked up on…
Read More about The Good Ancestor: A Radical Prescription for Long-Term ThinkingDavid Edwards was a college student during the Vietnam War, planning to continue his studies in the seminary. He was thus exempt from the draft that threatened so many young…
Read More about Bringing PeaceThe Loretto Community celebrates the creative minds and hearts of its members. This week, we highlight authors, poets, artists and craftspeople. They enhance the life of the Community and the…
Read More about Loretto Artists, Authors Enhance Lives of Others with Their TalentsBy Ried Clark and Martha Crawley Nudged by the Spring Community Group discussion on race, six of us from Group 4 agreed to read and discuss White Fragility. We gathered…
Read More about White Fragility: A ConversationThe Spirit of God is not bound; it reveals itself in the lives of everyone. “I Am the Way,” Loretto Constitutions, #41 The letter to the Ephesians 2:10 tells us,…
Read More about Loretto Creativity Shows the ‘Wholeness Hidden in All Things’The Porch of Possibility, Vol. II, by Cecily Jones SL (1924–2017), is available for purchase. The book, published in 2018, includes 33 poems, most com-posed after Vol. I was published…
Read More about Cecily Jones: a poet for today