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From the President
Letters from the President of the Loretto Community.
A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL
Thank you for your steadfast support of Loretto. Your generous gifts of friendship, prayers, encouragement, time, talent and financial support this past year and throughout the years keep us actively engaged in ministries of service within Loretto and beyond. As…
A Letter from President Buffy Boesen SL
Dear Reader, I have a small poster in my house that reads, “Take time to wonder, to give thanks and to praise!” As I walk into 2026 with you, I wonder about so many things. I wonder what our world…
A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL
As you will see in this issue of Loretto Magazine, Loretto’s work continues to be shaped by the goals we set in 2024: Care of the Sisters, Mission, Spirituality and Planning for the Future. We also celebrate the lives of…
A letter from President Buffy Boesen SL
You make a difference! These days as we both grieve the loss of Pope Francis and welcome Pope Leo XIV to lead us, we gather in prayer with gratitude for Francis, and gratitude for Leo as we follow him, creating…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
Dear Reader,Is this how it is with you? We are entering the season when nature’s way is to let the sap recede. That takes energy, of course, but a restful energy. In actuality, we are gearing up in so many…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
Dear Reader, Greetings on this near-summer day. This season seems to have been a long time coming with its intermittent sunny temperatures followed by snowy afternoons or cloudy mornings. All the while, our editor and authors and photographers have been…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL – Winter 2024
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 to their predictions of lots of snow with temperatures “not…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
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 congregation in the years following the Second Vatican Council. Mary…
A letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
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 people,” Bridget wrote. “I like being a Loretto Leader because…
Happy Easter! Alleluia! Dance til dawn!
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 of women who went to the tomb where Jesus was…
A Letter from Loretto President Barbara Nicholas SL
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 a cardiac ablation. I’d like toshare a little more with…