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A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL – Winter 2024

By Loretto Community / February 20, 2024 /
Head shot of Sr. Barbara Nicholas taken outside on a sunny day.

Dear Reader, As I write, it is certainly wintertime here in North America. The wooly worms whose development gets our attention in Kentucky during late fall kept us on alert…

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A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL

By Barbara Nicholas SL / September 22, 2023 /
Head shot of Sr. Barbara Nicholas taken outside on a sunny day.

Dear Reader, One of the most memorable commentaries that Sister Mary Luke Tobin ever articulated came in reference to the Sisters of Loretto who made the decision to leave the…

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A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL

By Barbara Nicholas SL / June 19, 2023 /
Head shot of Sr. Barbara Nicholas taken outside on a sunny day.

Recently, I received a letter from a fifth grader at St. Mary’s Academy in Englewood, Colo. I’ll call her Bridget. “I love helping others, drawing and building things to help…

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Happy Easter! Alleluia! Dance til dawn!

By Loretto Community / April 8, 2023 /
Light from an arched window illuminates a tall crucifix in a church. Spring flower arrangements surround the base of the cross.

Happy Easter, Everyone! Our faith gives us lots to believe in, and the resurrection of Jesus is the most important and the most amazing! We hear in the Gospel story…

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A Letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL

By Barbara Nicholas SL / February 17, 2023 /

Dear Reader, In a previous issue, I wrote briefly about my few days spent as a resident in the Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary where I recovered from the surgical procedure called…

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