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Holistic care involves the whole person – body, mind and spirit. Those values are present in the Loretto Infirmary, throughout the work of our Community care team and how we treat each other and the most vulnerable among us.

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The four pillars of Loretto reflect the vision and energy of the Community

By Loretto Community / May 11, 2026 /

Education. Advocacy. Healing. Spirituality. Loretto’s four areas of focus reflect the vision and energy of the Community. These values connect the Community as a bridge for all to cross, leading…

Loretto Living Center – A Loretto Treasure!

By Loretto Community / February 17, 2025 /

For where your treasure is, Jesus said, there will your heart be also. Matthew 6:1-21 Loretto Living Center is Loretto’s treasure and holds our hearts in every corner of its…

Doctor Who?

By Loretto Community / January 24, 2025 /

Though she may not be known for the sharp wit and teasing personality of Patrick Troughton, the iconic scarf and K9 companion of Tom Baker, or the resigned determination of…

America’s Best Nursing Homes 2025 – Loretto Living Center #3 in Kentucky

By Loretto Community / September 27, 2024 /

Originally published by Newsweek, fall of 2024 This year’s list recognizes 1,050 nursing homes across the 25 states with the highest number of facilities, according to Centers for Medicare &…

At Loretto Living Center compassion and love remain front and center

By Loretto Community / February 20, 2024 /

Michelle Essex, administrator at the Loretto Living Center in Nerinx, Ky., shares her views on the Center and its mission in an inspiring video about the Motherhouse (find the link…

They’re dying and have nowhere to go. Hildegard House helps them die with dignity.

By Loretto Community / November 21, 2023 /

Originally published by the Courier Journal November 21, 2023 When Family Health Centers referred Monique Smith to Norton Hospital for testing, she did not suspect cancer. She certainly did not…

Ann Manganaro SL, M.D.: Gifted physician, teacher, poet

By Loretto Community / June 26, 2023 /

In I Am the Way, the Constitutions of the Sisters of Loretto, the section titled “Charism” in article #9 calls persons to loving service “to work for a future in…

The award-winning Infirmary is now Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 19, 2023 /

The Loretto Infirmary, now called Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse, continues the award-winning standard of providing holistic care that promotes comfort, security and dignity in a homelike environment. The…

Ann Manganaro SL: Physician

By Loretto Community / June 19, 2023 /

I will set my hands to healThe scorched earth; the burned and broken I will tendTill this land shall learn some new true fire to build. Ann Manganaro SL, physician,…

Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary Receives ‘The Best of Kentucky’ Award

By Barbara Nicholas SL / November 21, 2022 /

Everyone around the Loretto Motherhouse is exclaiming over the recognition of Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary as “The Best of Kentucky” by the Kentucky Association of Health Care Facilities/Kentucky Center for Assisted Living (KAHCF/KCAL).…

In Praise of Loretto Motherhouse Infirmary: All Are Welcome!

By Loretto Community / August 8, 2022 /

Our Sisters came to this holy place. We have been led to this holy space. The Spirit, their spirits are here.  From “The Journey,” lyrics and music by Mary Alma…

‘Give Comfort to My People, Says Your God’

By Loretto Community / March 29, 2020 /

Health care is sacred because people care for one another, pray with one another, rejoice and suffer with one another. We try to promote a life-giving environment wherever we serve…

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