Education
Our early foundresses, who settled in central Kentucky, recognized the needs of children in the areas of education and religious formation. As they responded to these needs, they found joy and meaning in their work and life together. Their vision continues in the numerous missions we carry out today. Learn more about how the Loretto mission of education continues today.
Here is what the kids say: “I made new friends, best friends!” “I met kids from 15 different countries.”“Did you know I can read?”“I won a prize in math class!”“Our team…
Posted by the Arlington Catholic Herald May 13, 2026 Minutes before the Mass celebrating the 75th anniversary of St. Ann School in Arlington May 13, Nancy Cribb described what the…
Kathleen Fox lives Loretto’s mission every day. Her life is a powerful example of how the Loretto spirit can take root in a young person and continue to grow for…
Education. Advocacy. Healing. Spirituality. Loretto’s four areas of focus reflect the vision and energy of the Community. These values connect the Community as a bridge for all to cross, leading…
By Lucy Ewing Two weeks ago 11 teachers and staff from St. Mary’s Academy (SMA), Denver; Loretto Academy, El Paso; and Nerinx Hall High School, Webster Groves, Mo., took part in…
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…
Cover Crop Field Day May 2, 9am-12pm at Loretto Motherhouse in the Old Tobacco Barn, 515 Nerinx Rd, Nerinx, KY 40049 Join Cody Rakes, Loretto Motherhouse Farm Director, and Dr.…
“It is important that nothing in our lives cuts us off from other human beings. Rather, we try to live so that everything about us, our words and works and…
Mary Catherine Widger SL tells the story of a child with an intellectual disability whose parents hoped would make his First Communion. This was in the late 1970s. Mary Catherine…
Escuela de Guadalupe Susan Swain SL and Joy Gerity CoL, who had been principals at St. Mary’s Academy in Denver, were members of Escuela de Guadalupe’s founding group in 1999.…
Excerpts from an article by Regina Drey SL on the school’s 150th anniversary. Click to read the original article as it appeared in Loretto Magazine, fall-winter 2014 Amid tearful farewells…
Early on, Sisters Mary Catherine Widger and Sue Rogers felt that the archdiocesan special ed staff should get to know their students apart from a classroom, and that the students…
