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.

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Loretto Treasures: Webster University and Loretto Heights College

By Loretto Community / May 24, 2021 /

Looking up at a large brick building with "Loretto College" carved across the front, under an ornate rose window.

From the foundation of the Sisters of Loretto in 1812 to this day, education is central to the mission of Loretto. Schools were formed as the initial work of the…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Webster University

By Annie Stevens CoL / May 1, 2021 /

An introduction slide on a digital presentation. A dark blue background, with a circular cropped portrait picture of a woman wearing an orange and green head wrap, gold statement earrings, a gold necklace, and a black blouse while leaning on the front of a boxy white car. To the left of this picture is the introductory text: 2020 Jaqueline Grennen Wexler Award for Humanitarianism & Servant Leadership Winner Wafa Osman Student Leadership Awards.

From its historic home campus in Webster Groves, Mo., Webster University continues to carry on its Loretto founders’ commitment to provide educational opportunities for those who had not been served.…

Mexicans Facing Border Issues with Resilience

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2021 /

The border control bridge between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico empty of people

By Daniella Martell Mendoza Editor’s note: Daniela is a senior at Loretto Academy. Buffy Boesen, her principal, asked her to write about the problems facing students today living in Ciudad…

At school in Pakistan: Keeping the light burning

By Nasreen Daniel SL / February 21, 2021 /

Two young Pakistani girls, one in a school uniform and one in a lacey dress, sit together.

At the beginning of last year, Saba came to us asking for financial help. She has three children: two girls and a boy. We hired her to prepare breakfast for…

Ministry Grant Allocations December 2020

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2021 /

A young girl wearing a light pink shirt, a dark pink bow, and dark pink pants smiling brightly while holding a small white stuffed animal in her hands.

By Denise Ann Clifford, Barbara Roche, and Mary Margaret Murphy Amazed and grateful describe how Denise Ann Clifford, Barbara Roche, and Mary Margaret Murphy felt after reading the Ministry Grant…

Loretto Heights College to Serve as Affordable Housing

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / February 1, 2021 /

The front entrance of a large brick building with a large staircase sprinkled with snow before the front doors.

For a century Sisters of Loretto educated girls and young women at Loretto Heights Academy and Loretto Heights College under the banner “Fides, Mores, Cultura.” Pancratia Bonfils SL purchased farmland…

Loretto’s Education Mission Extends Boundaries of Learning and Justice

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2021 /

“It has been Loretto’s legacy to inherit from Loretto’s early women a spirit of courage and trust and a willingness to meet the challenge of bringing education and the Gospel…

Loretto and Female Academies: 1830-1842

By Joy Jensen SL / February 1, 2021 /

The front entrance of a red brick building with a large white awning with 4 columns creates a grand entrance up the stairs for the front door.

After the Revolutionary War patriots believed that their daughters should be educated to uphold the virtues of republicanism to pass these virtues on to the next generation. During this time…

Hope: The Very Heart of Loretto’s Mission

By Loretto Community / December 14, 2020 /

The Book of the Prophet Isaiah 61:1 tells us, “The spirit of the Lord is upon me, because the Lord has anointed me; God has sent me to bring glad…

What does distance learning look like in Pakistan?

By Nasreen Daniel SL / November 6, 2020 /

When the government started online classes for children of all grades, we sisters pasted our web address on our school’s gate for the parents. Abid is one of the students…

Loretto rises to the challenge of distance learning

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2020 /

Editor’s Note: Thank you to Buffy Boesen SL and Melissa Casale for information on distance learning at Loretto Academy. Regina Drey SL wrote the St. Mary’s Academy story. Loretto Academy,…

Loretto Students Return to School

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2020 /

A teacher standing at the front of a classroom talking to students sitting at their desks. They are all wearing COVID masks.

Escuela de Guadalupe By Vicki Schwartz On-campus learning began Aug. 26 at Escuela de Guadalupe. When parents were surveyed at the end of the last school year, it was clear…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.