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CoLs

For more than 40 years, Loretto Co-members have enriched the life of Loretto. Their presence is reflected in relationships, service on committees, financial support and participating in the many missions of Loretto. Learn more about the Co-Members of Loretto.

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Remembrance of the Life of Ethel Mae (Kincaide) Siegwald CoL

By Loretto Community / February 8, 2018 /
A woman with short, grey hair and glasses, smiling for a headshot picture outdoors, wearing a white patterned cardigan with black flowers.

Ethel Mae Kincaide was born in Detroit, the seventh of eight children of two Michigan natives, George Gino and Mary Anna (Mason) Kincaide, known as Mae. Ethel was a twin,…

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Remembrance of the Life of Mary Lou (formerly Sister Ann Kathleen Prendergast SL) Steele CoL

By Loretto Community / February 8, 2018 /
A woman with short, dark, grey hair, and big round sunglasses, wearing a white collared shirt with black and grey geometrical patterns, smiling for a picture.

Mary Louise Prendergast was born in Fort Collins, Colo., of Catholic parents. Her father, John Prendergast, was a native of Ft. Collins and her mother, Mary Krogh Prendergast, came from…

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Loretto Co-member Joins in Honolulu Nuclear Siren Protest

By Loretto Community / February 5, 2018 /

Loretto Co-member Rosemary Casey shared the photos with this post of her taking part in a recent nuclear siren protest in Honolulu, where she resides. The “Campaign NonViolence: Building a…

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Simple Beauty Enhances First Green Burial at Motherhouse

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / February 1, 2018 /
A priest blessing a corpse before it is lowered into it's grave in a wooded forest with numerous attendees surrounding the ceremony wearing big coats.

In a November 2016 article for Interchange, Cecily Jones wrote, “… interest in a natural burial (formaldehyde-free preparation of the body; a biodegradable coffin or container; perhaps only a shroud)…

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Ann Wall Richards Celebrates Her Co-membership

By Anna Koop SL / February 1, 2018 /
Two women, both with short grey hair and wire-framed glasses smiling brightly together for a picture together indoors. One woman has her arm around her friend's shoulder.

The dining room at the Loretto Center was filled with friends and family of Ann Wall Richards this past Dec. 19. Ann had completed the process for becoming a co-member…

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Remembrance of the Life of Elizabeth Annette (Betty) Connor CoL (formerly Sister M. Annunciata SL)

By Loretto Community / January 7, 2018 /
A woman with short, light colored hair smiling brightly for a picture, wearing a light yellow collared blouse, red lip stick, round wire glasses, and red lipstick.

Elizabeth Annette Connor was born in Iowa City, Iowa, the middle child among six siblings: Dick, Kathleen, who died at age 4, and Jim; then younger siblings Dan, Bob and…

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#DACA #Here to Stay

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2017 /
A man smiling brightly outdoors at a protest while holding a white sign with black text that says: #DACA #Here to Stay

John and Lillian Moskeland joined Dayton, Ohio, residents who stood in front of Republican Rep. Mike Turner’s offices Sept. 5 to support Dreamers and the Hope Act. Singers, speakers and…

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California Billboards Feature Kim Klein

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2017 /

Kim Klein was featured on billboards in the San Francisco area advertising a Sept. 19 conference on fundraising, Kim’s specialty. The poster at right was at the Embarcadero Muni Stop…

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Remembrance of the Life of Trish Dunn CoL

By Loretto Community / September 14, 2017 /
A portrait headshot of a woman with short, light brown hair, wearing hoop earrings, and a grey turtleneck, smiling in front of a plain grey background.

Patricia “Trish” Corkill Brown Dunn died Sept. 14, 2017, surrounded by her loving family.  She was born Nov. 17, 1942, to Charles Fairbanks Brown and Mary Elizabeth Corkill Brown in…

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Remembrance of the Life of Joan Wislinsky CoL

By Loretto Community / August 19, 2017 /
A woman with short, white and grey hair and wire glasses smiling brightly for a headshot picture wearing a red and blue quarter zip in a kitchen with beige wooden cabinets in the background.

Joan Emily Wislinsky was born in Oshkosh, Wis., where she grew up and worked for all but 25 of her 84 years. She was the youngest of seven children of…

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Kaye Edwards Returns Home

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2017 /
A grandmother, mother, and infant daughter smiling together for a group picture outdoors on a sunny day.

By Cecily Jones Just after her route from Lynchburg, Va., took her onto the Bluegrass Parkway near Lexington, Ky., Kaye Edwards breathed a deep, comfortable sigh, saying to herself, “I’m…

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Longtime Loretto Friend, Ann Wall Richards, Becomes Co-member

By Anna Koop SL / May 1, 2017 /
A portrait headshot picture of a woman with short grey hair wearing patterned scrubs smiling brightly.

Ann Wall Richards now can be assured that she can put Loretto Community Member on her tombstone, which she said was one of her long-term goals. Ann has been a…

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