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Time Travel: resettling Vietnamese refugees in 1977

By Mary Nelle Gage SL / June 11, 2025 /

In October 1977 eleven refugees from Vietnam sheltered at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church in Frederick, Colo., where Elizabeth Dyer and Kathy Santopietro worked with Leonard and Peter Urban. The families…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / June 11, 2025 /

A continuation from May’s Interchange article … Last month we glanced at our world today to see what science has discovered regarding our world and our God. This month, let’s…

Refugees enrich our lives

By Rosemary Casey CoL / June 11, 2025 /

I recently received a “begging letter” from the International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC), an agency based in Washington, D.C., working with refugee populations around the world. I’d given them some…

Honoring Ann Manganaro and Foundation Day

By Loretto Community / June 11, 2025 /

By Jen Staed Duane Bridges, music director at Nerinx Hall, has been inspired by many Loretto women. After reading Ann Manganaro’s poetry collection, “Give Me a Living Love,” Duane knew…

A billboard call to justice

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / June 11, 2025 /

The May day was clear, cooled by a light wind. The billboard sparkled. Dominicans and Lorettos and other sisters and friends gathered on the parking lot above Kentucky Highway 55…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / May 6, 2025 /

Sometimes what is emerging in our lives had its beginning years before humans recognized it. That is what is happening today with our concept of God. In “Crisis and Hope,”…

Sharing stories of saving orphans’ lives

By Loretto Community / May 6, 2025 /

Mary Nelle Gage and Ruth Routten captivated listeners at Regis University in Denver with their powerful stories of courage, tragedy and the remarkable rescue of orphans in Vietnam and Cambodia.…

The Legacy of Pope Francis, in Part

By Jeannine Gramick SL / May 1, 2025 /

During the five weeks that Pope Francis was treated for complications of respiratory infection, journalists were preparing articles about his legacy in anticipation of his death. In his autobiography, “Hope,”…

International Women’s Day marked with peaceful gathering in Brentwood, Mo.

By Loretto Community / April 28, 2025 /

By Jennifer Staed March 8, International Women’s Day, brought 2,000 sign-holders to the sidewalks of Brentwood, Mo., to show their support for many actions. The organizers of the event encouraged…

Honoring Diversity Day at St. Mary’s Academy

By Regina Drey SL / April 28, 2025 /

The St. Mary’s Academy Diversity Club hosted its 24th annual Diversity Day on Feb. 4 with the theme “Diverse Minds, One Vision.” Led by seniors Ava Safavi, Aleena Nauman and…

One Drum, One Prayer, One Circle

By Susan Classen CoL / April 28, 2025 /

It’s Friday, Feb. 21, and I find myself in the Arizona desert standing in a circle of about 100 people listening to Apache leader Wendsler Nosie Sr. “We’re doing this…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / April 28, 2025 /

We all have experienced many changes in our lives these past several years. In our evolutionary journey our consciousness keeps rising and as a consequence, we become aware of new…

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