Empowerment of Women and Children
Empowerment of women has been a hallmark of Loretto since its inception. We strive to educate Loretto students and others in this value. It comes out of our devotion and admiration to Mary, the Mother of Jesus, who stood at the foot of the Cross as a woman of faith and courage. Learn about the Mary Rhodes Award, which recognizes women working for justice, especially for other women.
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…
Donna Day SL served for eight years as director of Intercommunity Housing at Pillar Place, located in the former Loretto Academy building in St. Louis. Pillar Place brought critically-needed housing…
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…
In recognition of the fifty-year anniversary of Operation Babylift, multiple news stories are being produced commemorating the event and noting the role that Loretto Community members played in the operation.…
At a recent talk to the Bioneers group in San Francisco, Indigenous poet Joy Harjo noted that “it’s always in those times of great disruption, chaos and disturbance that creativity…
Mary Nelle Gage and Ruth Routten captivated listeners at Regis University in Denver with their powerful stories of courage, tragedy and the remarkable rescue of orphans in Vietnam and Cambodia.…
By Jennifer Staed March 8, International Women’s Day, brought 2,000 sign-holders to the sidewalks of Brentwood, Mo., to show their support for many actions. The organizers of the event encouraged…
Posted by Global Sisters Report April 3, 2025 Catholic sisters, joining thousands of other women from throughout the world in two weeks of meetings, networking and celebratory sisterhood at the…
The first reading for the fifth Sunday of Lent, April 6, has an important quote from the Prophet Isaiah: “Remember not the events of the past, the things of long…
It has been quite a while since I have been able to send out a Haiti Journal. I presume that most of you have kept up somewhat with what continues…
My mother, my grandmother, my aunt, my friend. These honored ones, whose names were part of an art project, were some of those remembered in the painting on wooden blocks.…
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe. Joanna Macy All the children in our time who are starving or dying from pneumonia, or any disease, belong to…
