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.
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
“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,…
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…
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…
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…
