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Global Loretto
Uganda, France, England, Haiti, the Netherlands, Bolivia, Nicaragua – places in the world where Loretto learns, serves and carries its mission forward. We also partner with two Sister Communities abroad, the Holy Family Sisters in Guatemala and the Daughters of the Most Blessed Trinity in Ghana. Learn more about our mission to reach out beyond boundaries.
Reaching Out in Love to Ghana’s Rural Poor: The FST Rural Ministry
By Sister Frances Emily Owusu-Ansah CoL One of the ways through which we, the Daughters of the Most Holy Trinity (also known as FST sisters), share God’s love with the needy is through the Institute’s Rural Ministry whereby our sisters…
Vietnamese Adoptee Reunion
In May 1973, 28-year-old Susan Carol McDonald SL arrived in Vietnam to work with Rosemary Taylor, an Australian nurse who had been caring for orphans and arranging for their adoptions since 1968. In September 1973, 29-year-old Mary Nelle Gage SL…
Visiting Loretto in Pakistan
Anna Koop SL and Mary Ann McGivern SL recently visited the Loretto Community in Pakistan for seven weeks. Anna and Mary Ann wrote colorful and informative missives to keep the Community apprised of their experiences. Enjoy these excerpts, along with…
‘Ti Pa, Ti Pa Na Rive!’ Little by Little, We Will Continue! Resourceful Haitians Put One Foot in Front of the Other
By Christina Manweller with Barbara Wander CoL The Little Sisters have 42 missions across Haiti that include schools, clinics, hospitals, orphanages, centers for the elderly, agriculture centers and professional centers. Barbara Wander CoL When Barbara Wander CoL retired from 30…
Help for Haiti
I made my first trip to Haiti with Fonkoze USA in 2002. Loretto had been involved with Fonkoze through loans to its loan fund. Haitians’ faith, hope and perseverance under very dismal conditions were inspirational and challenging. Reading about Haiti…
Loretto Members Worldwide Respond to Climate Change Crisis
Climate change is a global problem with grave implications: environmental, social, economic, political and for the distribution of goods. It represents one of the principal challenges facing humanity in our day. Its worst impact will probably be felt by developing…
Loretto in Bolivia: Planting seeds for compassionate change
“We are in the city of La Paz, Bolivia, in a beautiful valley with an imposing mountain, the Illimani, which is the guardian of the city and at the same time marks its identity. “Among the residents of this city,…
Carrying seeds of love to Peru & Chile
In 1964, two years after Colegio Loretto opened in La Paz, Bolivia, a Loretto house opened in Tacna, a city in the Andean foothills of southern Peru. In these photos, Guadalupe “Lupe” Arciniega, who had taught at Colegio Loretto in…
50 years later: ‘The seeds have grown into strong, tall trees …’
We are daughters of Colegio Loretto; the seeds you planted in us are multiplying in our sons and daughters and our grandsons and granddaughters. From a presentation prepared by the class of 1972 for a visit to the Loretto Motherhouse…
Loretto Sisters Communities: Beyond the Boundaries of Our Hearts
In 1998 Loretto’s heart was enlarged as we entered into two new relationships. Our heart was broken open to the Daughters of the Most Blessed Trinity (FST) in Ghana, as they became a Sister Community to Loretto. Just a few…
Loretto Builds Bridges in Service Worldwide
A true understanding of community necessitates a looking outward, “a going forth to meet our neighbors near and far in their human needs and aspirations. We seek to reach out beyond boundaries” — to live on the frontiers of a…
Go into the world: Sisters find common ground with people of other religions
Published by the Global Sisters Report on January 25, 2021 Sr. Nasreen Daniel was a panelist for the Global Sisters Report in their The Life feature series. Sr. Maria Daniel appears in one of the photos in the story. “When…