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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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Speaking Truth to Power … Walking a Pilgrimage of Pain

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / September 1, 2018 /

“Kitty, could you just send us something simple (about the situation in Nicaragua), a personal perspective of the impact on you and your friends?” That was the request from my…

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Loretto Special Needs Committee Awards 11 Grants, Spring 2018

By Sue Rogers SL / May 1, 2018 /
A woman with red-framed glasses smiling brightly for a picture with three young children outdoors.

The Loretto Special Needs Committee awarded 11 social change grants to diverse groups who share in Loretto’s commitment to build a culture of peace and justice and serve its struggling…

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Can Loretto Help Guatemalan Sisters Learn English?

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / May 1, 2018 /
21 diverse women smiling together for a group picture in an outdoor courtyard in front of a yellow building.

The Holy Family sisters in Guatemala have asked Loretto to help them learn English and teach English in their schools. It is a daunting request, and the Guatemala Sister Community…

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Guatemala Snapshots: Continuing the Guatemala Sister Community Trip

By Patricia Geier CoL / April 1, 2018 /
6 women of all ages smiling together for a group picture in a room with wooden lockers in the background.

Editor’s Note: In January, Mary Ann McGivern, Irma Avila, Alicia Ramirez and Pat Geier spent 10 days in Guatemala visiting our sister community, Las Hermanas de la Sagrada Familia. The…

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Building Relationship Through Loretto Presence

By Loretto Community / March 1, 2018 /
Two older women smiling with a group of young children in school uniforms smiling together for a group picture outdoors.

By Kay Carlew and Maria Visse Editor’s Note: In 2016 the Ghana Sister Committee realized that for the two communities, the Daughters of the Most Blessed Trinity (FST) and Loretto,…

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Sister Community Committee for Guatemala Gives Trip Report

By Irma Avila SL / March 1, 2018 /
A teacher holding hands with a young girl in a school uniform. The young girl is a line leader of the line of her classmates headed inside from the playground.

On Jan. 22, Mary Ann McGivern, Connie Newton and I went to La Escuela Sagrada Familia – Zona 10 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. During our visit, we shared the reality…

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Loretto Offers Generous Support to Haiti in Time of Need

By Loretto Community / November 1, 2017 /

By Barbara Wander Loretto’s very generous donation of $10,000 to the Little Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus has come at a time of real need. Although they…

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Haiti: Gift to All

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2016 /
Haiti Sunrise with a jungle view

By Barbara Wander Instead of starting with yet one more description of a disaster in Haiti and an appeal for help, I would first like to talk about what Haiti…

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Loretto-Ghana Identity Statement

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2016 /

Preamble My work is loving the world. Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is my work, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished. Mary…

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Relationship of Trust: Loretto-Ghana Sister Community Committee

By Lillian Moskeland CoL / December 1, 2016 /
A diverse group of religious women, from Ghana and the US standing and smiling together for a photo at a committee meeting.

At the close of this past summer, the Loretto-Ghana Sister Community Committee — Marie Ego, Pauline Albin, Elise André, Betsy Clute and Lillian Moskeland — and the Daughters of the…

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Relationship of Trust: Loretto-Ghana Sister Community Committee

By Loretto Community / December 1, 2016 /

By Lillian Moskeland At the close of this past summer, the Loretto-Ghana Sister Community Committee — Marie Ego, Pauline Albin, Elise André, Betsy Clute and Lillian Moskeland — and the…

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Connie Newton Celebrates 25 Years in Loretto

By Loretto Community / July 1, 2016 /
A woman with short grey hair smiling brightly for a portrait picture outdoors while she sits on stone stairs.

By Connie Newton In truth, home is where the heart is. That’s Loretto for me …and the Community has many beautiful mobile homes. Because Jesus said something like, “Whoever loves…

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