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Denver
The heart of the Rocky Mountains, Denver has been home to Loretto members since before Colorado became a state. We continue to build on our mission of education and service to people in need.
Sisters of Loretto continue to educate, even beyond the grave
Now that the remains of all 62 Sisters of Loretto have been exhumed from Loretto Heights Cemetery, Loretto leadership recently gave permission to Lauren Hosek, Ph.D., to conduct an analysis of the remains of those Sisters. The anonymity of the…
Loretto Heights provides affordable housing
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Lucius Annaeus Seneca Pancratia Hall has been carefully restored and renovated into affordable housing apartments including a number of three and four-bedroom units suitable for families. Hartman Ely Investments’ announcement of…
Bringing Sisters Back Together: Loretto Begins Exhumation of Sisters Buried in Loretto Heights Cemetery
Five years ago, with the announcement of the pending sale of the Loretto Heights campus, Loretto began prayerful and thoughtful research into how the Community could best ensure the perpetual care of the 62 Sisters of Loretto buried in the…
Standing on the Shoulders of the Ones Who Came Before Us
On April 25 we gathered in the Loretto Heights cemetery in Denver to celebrate Loretto’s Foundation Day and honor “the ones who came before us.” Attendees included several sisters of Loretto, co-members, St. Mary’s staff, Loretto Heights alumnae, neighbors and…
Standing on the Shoulders of the Ones Who Came Before Us
On April 25 we gathered in the Loretto Heights cemetery in Denver to celebrate Loretto’s Foundatio Day and honor “the ones who came before us.” Attendees included several sisters of Loretto, co-members, St. Mary’s staff, Loretto Heights alumnae, neighbors and…
A Field of Our Own: Playing Together, Growing Together
If you’ve been reading Interchange, you know I’ve been playing softball with the Colorado Peaches, the group of older women founded 31 years ago. I’m learning so much along the way, especially in the 12 years I’ve been playing with…
“Our Lady of Light” Finds a Permanent Home in Santa Fe
Many Loretto Community members may remember the painting “Our Lady of Light” that hung in the convent in Santa Fe, N.M., and then at St. Mary’s Academy and the Loretto Center in Denver. This beloved work has made many moves…
Love and Joy of Osceola House Live On
Bidding farewell to a home, to a house of hospitality, where the companionship, the conversation and the cuisine have been delightful is hauntingly hard. Loretto’s paving the way for a family of limited means to own their home in a…
Happy 100th to Holy Family High School
By Marty Lally It was September 1921 and a new school was opening at Holy Family Catholic Church in northwest Denver. Thus began the parish’s long relationship with the Sisters of Loretto and their ministry of teaching and formation of…
EarthLinks: 25 years bringing healing beauty of nature to homeless individuals
EarthLinks … creates Earth-centered programming for people experiencing homelessness and economic poverty. EarthLinks program participants are given a safe, peaceful space to foster empowerment resilience, and collectivity while also sustaining the planet. Together, we care for each other and for…
Micah McCabe, a Female Prophet and Tobin Award Winner
It was a beautiful day on May 19 when we gathered on the hill in front of Holy Family High School in Denver. Family, friends, administration and faculty of the high school gave testimony to the wonderful courage and leadership…
Foundation Day at Loretto Heights
To honor Foundation Day (April 25, 1812) in Denver, sisters, co-members, Spirit of Loretto Committee members, alums, neighbors from north of the cem- etery and Denver City Councilman Kevin Flynn and his wife Harriet gathered in the Loretto Heights College…