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Interchange
Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
What Is Emerging?
In his book, “The Most Beautiful World Our Hearts Know is Possible,” Charles Eisenstein describes an important truth that ancient cultures taught, and mystics through the ages have kept alive, yet most of humanity has not grasped. The truth is…
Locks of Love
Those of you who have met Maribah probably remember her with long, dark hair. Following the example of her friend, Assistant Formation Director Samina Iqbal, Maribah decided to cut off 12 inches of her hair and give it to the…
Loretto ROOTS: Native American Boarding Schools
In December 2021, Loretto President Barbara Nicholas established a one-year research project, open to extension, on “the work in education that the sisters provided among Indigenous people” in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She hoped the study would help…
New Name, Same Game: The Loretto Carbon Reduction Fund
Written by the Loretto Carbon Reduction Fund Committee: Beth Blissman, Susan Classen, Becky Coakley, Roberta Hudlow, Jessie Rathburn, Michele Stimac The Tree Fund was first established in 2019 in honor of Anthony Mary Sartorius, then renamed the Loretto Carbon Offset…
Loretto ROOTS: Native American Boarding Schools
In December 2021, Loretto President Barbara Nicholas established a one-year research project, open to extension, on “the work in education that the sisters provided among Indigenous people” in the 19th and early 20th centuries. She hoped the study would help…
Santa Fe: The Land of Our Lady of Light
Mother Magdalen Hayden had a devotion to Our Lady of Light. Whether that’s why the school in Santa Fe, NM, was so named, we don’t know. We do know that about eight years after the Loretto sisters arrived in Santa…
Loretto Celebrates Newest Co-Member Allison Grace Lemons
Celebrations of an individual’s acceptance into the Loretto Community as a Loretto co-member are always a moving reminder of the deep values and cherished community to which many of us have been called. Our most recent one was no exception.…
What is Emerging?
A continuation of the discussion inspired by Ilia Delio taken from LCWR’s “Occasional Papers,” Summer 2012. Last month we were reminded by Ilia that we are living in an expanding universe and our thinking about everything needs to be done…
St. Mary’s and Loretto Heights Sisters Moved to Mt. Olivet Cemetery
M. Josefina Ortiz (1861-1896) was the first sister to be buried in the Loretto Heights Convent Cemetery, in Feb. 1896. Rita Therese DuBor (1909-1969) was the last to be buried, in 1969. Ten of the 62 sisters had been first…
Ag Bash is a Smash!
Aug. 13 was a smash of a day for the Loretto Community and neighbors because of the Back to School Ag(ricultural) Bash I organized with logistical help from farm staff. We held it near Mary’s Lake on the Loretto Motherhouse…
Maribah Ishaq Departs to Chicago with Blessings
As readers of Interchange know, Maribah Ishaq has now entered the Inter-Congregational Collaborative Novitiate in Chicago. She visited Loretto locales before making the journey to Chicago. An interesting, attractive, intelligent young woman, Maribah made good friends in Loretto wherever she…
More than a Room
Since my move to the Loretto Motherhouse, I’ve been asked how I could be happy with “just a room.” To be honest, the thought did cross my mind — briefly. At 82 and a recent widow, I knew I needed…