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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.

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2020 An Important Year for Loretto at the UN

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2020 /
Three women smiling together for a group picture at an indoor social event.

Beth Blissman reports that Loretto at the UN wrapped up 2019 by welcoming Sister Mary Akuoku FST from Ghana for a brief, yet enjoyable visit. The United Nations turned 75…

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Bonjour Delayed

By Mary Louise Denny SL / November 1, 2019 /
A group picture indoors of three tall men with dark skin complexions, and two shorter women with lighter skin complexions.

1973, Saigon, Vietnam, New Haven Nursery  A newborn, male, was dropped off at New Haven Nursery. Susan Carol McDonald was the director/nurse at New Haven. She logged the baby into…

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Teaching English at the Belga School in Guatemala City, Guatemala

By Kathy Wright SL / November 1, 2019 /
A woman smiling brightly with a large group of young children outdoors.

For three weeks this past July I worked with the seven English teachers at the Belga School in Guatemala City, taught some of the English classes and helped the faculty…

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Holy Family Holds Elections

By Loretto Community / September 1, 2019 /

Dema Alfaro, Lucina Mansilla, Dora Garcia and Albina Gaspar were elected to the Holy Family General Council. Loretto sends its prayers and congratulations to these fine women.

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Hunger Fund Distributions for 2018

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2019 /

The Hunger Fund, established in 1974, is a fund to which Community members and friends make contributions. These contributions often consist of small donations gleaned from recycling cans, dog or…

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Recovery as a Way of Life

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2018 /
A nun wearing a blue dress and headdress displaying a destroyed building following an earthquake.

By Barbara Wander “Oh no! Not again.” This was my immediate reaction when I found out that another earthquake had hit Haiti the night of Oct. 6. I had been…

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Providing Health Care In Uganda

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2018 /
A young girl orphan who is malnourished with medical supplies and tubes taped to her chest. She is standing tall and smiling brightly.

By Mary Ann Gleason Her name is Juliette. She is a 14-year-old orphan, malnourished secondary to vomiting whatever she eats or drinks because of a stricture in her esophagus. She…

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Courage in Conflict

By Loretto Community / November 21, 2018 /

The booklet “Courage in Conflict: The Righteous Among Us” was created by the St. Louis Archdiocese’s Office of Consecrated Life. It was distributed at the Nov. 14 presentation on the…

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Ghana Sisters Help Provide International Flavor to Assembly

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2018 /

By Carole Eschen and Lillian Moskeland The 2018 Assembly had an international flavor this year with sisters from two countries outside the United States in full attendance and our sisters…

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Mary Nelle Celebrates 50 Golden Years With Gratitude

By Cathy Mueller SL / September 1, 2018 /
Two women smiling brightly for a picture together indoors with their heads touching.

Mary Nelle Gage is celebrating 50 years as a Sister of Loretto. When asked about her life in Loretto, her response is one of gratitude for the many opportunities that…

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I Will Go – To Ghana

By Loretto Community / September 1, 2018 /
A woman and two young kids smiling together for a selfie outdoors on a building patio on a sunny day.

By Stacy Fitzwater “Madam, Madam!” Children ages 5 to 15 clamored for our attention. Come, play on the dirt field. Come, ride my bike, see my classroom, walk to the…

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A Time to Be Born … and a Time to End

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / September 1, 2018 /
A young woman pictured candidly holding a newborn baby wrapped in a white blanket indoors.

Accompaniment or “walking with” has been integral to our work in Nicaragua at the Casa Materna Mary Ann Jackman (MAJ). Since welcoming our first mothers in October 1991, we have…

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