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Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
Spotlight on Loretto wisdom women – April 2023
Editor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to the sisters and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members. Today we collect daffodils, watch geese flying north and listen to…
Winter to Spring: Nerinx Hall Loretto Circle Meditation
We entered a room with a warm fireplace blazing; the ambiance was comforting and there was tea and hot chocolate to also please the body. This was the beginning of the Loretto Circle monthly gathering at Nerinx Hall for February.…
They worked to extend the boundaries of learning and justice
By Barbara Doak The story begins in 1901 when Loretto Academy in Kansas City, Mo., was established. Teaching was the sisters’ primary work for decades as they touched the lives of thousands of students. Loretto Academy, Our Lady of Good…
Cherished Loretto tails
Every once in a while, some Loretto person suggests that we write a book titled “Only One Tail” about pets dear to Loretto households in our 210-year history. As one of Loretto’s biographers, I have sometimes felt I “should” undertake…
Teamwork shows the future is bright
Abraham Lincoln once said, “The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.” If the days of the week of Feb. 10-17 are any indication, then the future arriving at the Motherhouse one day…
What is Emerging?
Many of us are familiar with the sermons and writings of Meister Eckhart who lived between 1260 and 1328. He has become popular in the past several years because of the paradigm shift taking place in our time. People are…
38th annual MLK Jr. birthday celebration is a success
Jan. 16, 2023 was the Loretto Community’s 38th year to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. The event is known as a Marade. In 1983, the U.S. Congress introduced a bill stating that the third Monday of January would…
What is Emerging?
During the past several years, according to a variety of surveys, there has been a notable decrease of Christians attending religious services and a lesser decrease in other religious traditions, yet still a decrease. We are familiar with the quote…
Conservation easement now a reality
“For the beauty of the earth, for the splendor of the skies, For the love which from our birth over and around us lies.” The singing of this hymn began a banner day for Loretto, January 18, 2023 — the…
¡Presenté! Pearl McGivney honored
On a beautiful sunny day in Auburndale, Fla., I attended a ceremony held by a group of Young American Dreamers to honor Pearl McGivney’s work with them. Auburndale is where Pearl worked for so many years. People gathered to sing…
A plea from the Peace Committee
Nuclear weapons are weapons of massive destruction so horrendous that to expose anyone to them is not just immoral; it is demonic. On Aug. 6, 1945, our country dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb killed 66,000-100,000 people.…
Spotlight on Loretto wisdom women
Editor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to the sisters and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members. The Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse is home to interesting…