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Earth
As Friends of Mary at the Foot of the Cross, we are called to care for Earth in its pain, to celebrate its beauty, and to create space for its healing. Recognizing our role as one of interdependent partnership with all Creation has been part of Loretto’s mission throughout our history. We reaffirmed our commitment to resist systems and conditions that violate Earth and all species in 2018, calling ourselves to “significantly mitigate our impact on climate change and ecological degradation.” We invite any who are interested to join with us on this journey of ecological conversion. Learn more about our mission to protect Earth.
Loretto’s Land Ethic: Care of land AND its many human relationships
In 1879, the Rev. Vicar J. B. Salpointe sent Sisters of Loretto from Las Cruces, N.M., to start a school in San Elizario, Texas. They opened St. Joseph’s Academy on 15 acres given to them by the Rev. Peter Bourgade,…
Living Laudato Si’ – daily!
The Loretto Community is committed to participating in the Laudato Si’ Action Platform, and many of the Loretto schools have done the same. Liz Deines SL, acting campus minister at Loretto Academy in El Paso, Texas, created Laudato Si’ monthly…
Loretto invites all to ‘do one thing’ to help Earth
Small changes add up to a big difference! Need ideas for discrete, concrete tasks that help Earth and others? Look no further! Our weekly “Do One Thing” series in the Midweek Mission Message offers easy actions that can have a…
Loretto, global community celebrate 2026 Season of Creation
Loretto joins the global community in celebrating the 2026 Season of Creation. This annual ecumenical observance begins Sept. 1, the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation,” and continues through Oct. 4, the feast of St. Francis of…
Loretto Magazine – Summer 2026
Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Beth Blissman CoL A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL Thank you for your steadfast support of Loretto. Your generous gifts of friendship, prayers, encouragement, time, talent and financial support this past year…
Our commitment to care for Earth
Loretto’s longstanding, living commitment to care for and heal Earth includes the following efforts, among numerous others. Loretto Earth Network The Loretto Earth Network (LEN) was officially born in 1992 as Loretto members and friends gathered in the Colorado mountains…
Loretto as Fungus
Editor’s note: This is a talk given by Drew Holtmann, teacher at Nerinx Hall High School, at a prayer service at the Motherhouse church about Earth, creation spirituality and community during our high school students’ volunteer week in June. I…
Preserving the Land with Love and Devotion
Posted by The Daily Yonder August 7, 2025 Donna Eder visits the Cedars of Peace hermitages at the Loretto Motherhouse at least four times a year. Here in a small cabin, constructed with wood from the surrounding forest, she retreats…
Sisters support defense of Apache sacred site, ‘religious freedom for Native Americans’
Published by Global Sisters Report July 31, 2025 With its ancient Emory oaks, canyons and volcanic rock formations, Oak Flat is a place where, in late afternoon, the quiet approach of dusk brings a sense of stillness and serenity, peace…
Loretto Magazine – Summer 2025
Read Loretto Magazine Loretto Spotlight Video – Regina Drey SL A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL You make a difference! These days as we both grieve the loss of Pope Francis and welcome Pope Leo XIV to lead us,…
A natural flyway for neotropical migratory birds
Did you ever spot a Kentucky warbler or a yellow-breasted chat? They fly freely in the Loretto Motherhouse forests. They are neotropical migratory birds protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918. Neotropical migratory birds serve as an early…
Loretto Motherhouse a bird haven
Even the sparrow finds a home, and the swallow a nest for herself in which she sets her young at your altars, O Lord of hosts, my King and my God. Psalm 84:3 By Agnes Hoormann RSCJ One evening during…