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Moving to the Mariella Apartments

By Sister Anndavid Naeger SL / October 4, 2024 /
One woman watches as another one signs a paper on a wooden podium with a microphone on a church stage.

Sister AnnDavid Naeger SL recently moved into one of the new Mariella Apartments at the Loretto Living Center and wrote about her experience. Almost as soon as we heard the…

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Shaista Alyas and Saima Munir enter Loretto novitiate

By Loretto Community / October 4, 2024 /
Three women sitting on a patterned couch in a room together smiling for a picture.

Brand new Loretto novices are Saima Munir, who also uses Saima Kiran, and Shaista Alyas, both of whom lived with Nasreen Daniel, Maria Daniel and Samina Iqbal in Lahore, Pakistan.…

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Ag Bash a big draw

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
A woman demonstrates for two teens how to fold a paper crane at table at an outdoor event.

By Angela Rakes The first Saturday in August was buzzing with visitors to the Loretto Motherhouse’s third annual Back to School Ag Bash. Over 400 people braved the wet conditions…

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Spirit of Loretto Award goes to Helen Sanders

By Cathy Mueller SL / October 3, 2024 /
A woman with short white hair wearing a floral sweater and white cardigan smiling for a picture outdoors on a sunny day.

After Loretto Heights College (LHC) closed in 1988, the Spirit of Loretto organization was started to create a home place for graduates. Lydia Peña and Mary Nelle Gage have worked…

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Barbara Lee: A bridge to connect to our roots

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Two women standing and smiling together visiting a slave memorial site.

By Rosa Lizarde All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.– Bell Hooks Connecting Our Roots, organized by Loretto Link’s Cooperative Economics Working Group in…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / October 3, 2024 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

At a recent Zoom gathering, Sue Kenney opened the meeting with reflections from “A Century of Change: Loretto’s Second Century.” She started with this quote from the preface by Patricia…

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Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Five people stand in front of a red barn and smile together for a group picture while displaying an award plaque and paper certification that says Kentucky Historic Farm.

The Loretto Motherhouse Farm is now a Kentucky Heritage Farm! In 1982, the Kentucky Legislature passed a law to register farms over 100 years of age that have stayed in…

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Sister Maribah’s vow celebration a joyous occasion

By Claudia Calzetta SL / October 3, 2024 /
One woman supervises as another woman signs a paper at a podium with a microphone indoors.

On June 23, Loretto celebrated with Maribah Ishaq as she pronounced her first vows as a Sister of Loretto! This commitment was viewed by many at the Motherhouse, including many…

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San Elizario land update

By Mary Margaret Murphy SL / July 1, 2024 /
A green cotton field on a sunny day.

Since the Loretto Community Land Justice Focus Team formed in 2022, Libby Comeaux and I have been connecting with various individuals and agencies in San Elizario, Texas. I am delighted…

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What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / July 1, 2024 /
Pink and purple butterfly graphic for Interchange What is Emerging?

At the April meeting of our discussion of “I Am The Way” (Loretto’s constitutions), our group was getting close to the end of the booklet when one of our members…

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Summer activities at the Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / July 1, 2024 /
12 students pose silly while standing on a large stone sign that says: Loretto Motherhouse outdoors in front of a field.
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Celebrating Foundation Day

By Loretto Community / July 1, 2024 /
Five women sitting together in chairs on a small stage, wearing dress clothes. One woman is speaking into a microphone while the others listen.

In April, the Community celebrated Foundation Day at the Motherhouse and Nerinx Hall High School. At Nerinx, students, faculty, Loretto members and guests enjoyed presentations, discussions, refreshments and socializing. Jen…

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