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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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We Are in this Together!

By Lydia Peña SL / June 1, 2020 /
Three friends high-fiving in a circle while indoor rock climbing wearing grey helmets.

I wonder how we will continue this togetherness after COVID-19. I believe that wonder at human life can keep violence from brewing. Humanity is not an exclusive club. Lives, small,…

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Loretto Meets Challenge of Bringing Education and the Gospel to Others

By Loretto Community / May 3, 2020 /

“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…

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Havern School alive with Loretto’s legacy

By Christina Manweller / February 28, 2020 /

How can we serve our Community? Havern School has always been on the cutting edge of educating children with learning disabilities. The Denver-area Sisters of Loretto opened the school in…

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Loretto Academy Leads Its Students To Be Global Citizens

By Pilar Gonzalez CoL / February 1, 2020 /

Patty Herrera, Theresa Crow,  Teresa Franco and I from the El Paso Loretto Academy elementary, middle, and high schools trained Oct. 1-2, 2019, as teacher trainers for Encounter, a new…

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Loretto Happenings at St. Mary’s Academy

By Regina Drey SL / December 2, 2019 /
Three women pictured candidly sitting at a long table together, the woman in the middle is speaking into a black microphone to a crowd out of frame.

Fall brought several Loretto members to the St. Mary’s Academy campus. Pat McCormick, Cathy Mueller and Lisa Reynolds spoke with the junior class at SMA about their journey to work…

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What’s Happening on the Nerinx Campus?

By Annie Stevens CoL / December 1, 2019 /
A large white house hidden in a tree line of big aspen and oak trees. It is a sunny autumn day, the leaves start changing colors to yellow and orange.

Since the last residents of the St. Louis Loretto Center moved in 2017 and the property was sold to Nerinx Hall, many people have asked, “What’s happening on the Nerinx…

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Webster University Honors Jane Peckham Stoever with the Loretto Award

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /
A woman, Jane Peckham, with short strawberry blonde hair smiling brightly for a picture outdoors at a social event wearing a blue cardigan, graphic t-shirt, and a name tag.

By Donna Day and Barbara Speas Havira The Loretto Award recognizes an alum of Webster University who carries on the community service and social values of the Sisters of Loretto,…

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It’s a Banner Year for Webster University in St. Louis

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2019 /
A royal blue with white lettering sign for Webster University with a background of large leafy trees.

Congratulations to Webster University for its best ranking ever in the 2020 US News and World Report Best Colleges. Out of all Missouri institutions in the Midwest University category, Webster…

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Forward, Forward Loretto

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / December 1, 2019 /
A large red brick building with a large tower in the center and big green trees on either side.

“Forward, Forward Loretto. Hold the torch ever firm in your hand. Let the rays of its light lead you onward.  Spreading courage and hope through the land. Thy shining fame…

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Loretto students learn about life in Pakistan

By Mary Helen Sandoval CoL / November 5, 2019 /

Nasreen Daniel, Samina Iqbal and Maria Daniel, three Loretto sisters living in Lahore, Pakistan, were asked by the local bishop to take over operations at St. Anthony’s School, which teaches…

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Loretto at the UN welcomes students

By Beth Blissman CoL / November 5, 2019 /

“I firmly believe the work we do at the United Nations is a clear expression of Loretto’s impact in the world …” Kathy Baldwin-Heitman CoL March 2019 marked the 11th…

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Notes & News

By Loretto Community / November 5, 2019 /

Loretto Magazine – Fall 2019 Volunteer House opens in Denver For the second year in a row, Loretto has opened a new Volunteer House. One year after the founding of…

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