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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.
Loretto Magazine – Winter 2026
Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Mary Catherine Widger SL A Letter from President Buffy Boesen SL I have a small poster in my house that reads, “Take time to wonder, to give thanks and to praise!” As I…
Today! Alice Kitchen: Cities for CEDAW Role Model for Justice
Join us on Zoom at 4:30 pm EDT, March 11, as Loretto/BVM at the UN will be honoring the legacy of Loretto co-member Alice Kitchen with a parallel event, “Alice Kitchen: Cities for CEDAW Role Model for Justice.” Loretto at…
Remembrance of the Life of Martha McNamara CoL
Loretto Co-member Martha McNamara died Feb. 6 at Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky. She was 79. Martha was born to Robert Rihn McNamara and Rebecca Black McNamara in Elizabethtown, Ky. She graduated from Elizabethtown Catholic High School in 1964,…
Remembrance of the Life of Robin Marlow CoL
Loretto Co-member Robin Marlow died in her sleep Feb. 5, 2026, after having suffered a massive stroke the week before. She was 76. Robin was a Loretto Co-member since 2024 and active in numerous Loretto committees and groups, often providing…
Remembrance of the Life of Mary Louise Murphy CoL
Loretto Co-member Mary Louise Murphy died Jan. 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. She was 87. Mary Louise Lea Murphy was born in Nashville, Tenn., the oldest of six children of Luke and Sarah Hynes Lea. She first met the Sisters…
Remembrance of the Life of Alice Kitchen CoL
Loretto Co-member Alice Kitchen died Nov. 14, 2025, at St. Luke’s Hospice House in Kansas City, Mo. Loretto members had been able to visit with her before her death, and family were with her when she died. Alice was 83…
Holy Ground: Cemeteries of Loretto
The cemeteries of the Sisters of Loretto are indeed holy ground. Loretto members and others rest in the sacred earth God has given us. God loves each soul whose final mission is their journey into our Creator’s life. They are…
Remembrance of the Life of the Rev. Barbara Beam CoL
Loretto Co-member the Rev. Barbara Beam died Nov. 7, 2025, at the age of 84. Barbara had been received into Loretto in 1959. She became a Loretto Co-member in 2008. A link to Barbara’s obituary may be found here. Or you…
Remembering Loretto’s saints and holy souls
“There’s a great day coming by and by,” goes a line in an old familiar Black spiritual hymn. (“There’s a Great Day Coming,” words and music by Will L. Thompson, 1886) Yes, there is a “great day coming.” And it…
Loretto women of wisdom!
There is always light.If only we are brave enough to see it! If only we are brave enough to be it! Amanda Gorman, From the Inauguration of President Biden Many Loretto women we know are women of wisdom! They are and…
Loretto lawyers live out Loretto mission, ‘work for justice’ through legal system
Over the past few decades, a number of lawyers have been associated with the Sisters of Loretto-Loretto Community. Two women, formerly Sisters of Loretto, left the Community in the 1960s or early ‘70s and pursued law degrees: Marilyn Morheuser and…
Celebrating Loretto’s family connections!
Who knew?! There are so many family connections within Loretto. We have a cousin triangle – Marlene Spero SL is cousin to Joan Spero SL, who is cousin to Denver Loretto Co-member the Rev. Marty Lally. If you visit Pakistan’s…