Interchange
Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
Khush Amdeed! Welcome! These words spoken by Barbara Nicholas began a meaningful prayer service that welcomed four eager and confident women to Loretto’s first Come and See program — the…
(Editor’s Note: Reflections from the Emerging Forms Committee) A question people often ask and wonder about is, “What is really meant by evolutionary consciousness?” We invite you to ponder with…
A conference in Hudson, N.Y., provided signs of hope through the topic “Diversity and Inclusion in Intentional Communities.” Beth Blissman and I attended the conference this past July. The conference…
For three weeks this past July I worked with the seven English teachers at the Belga School in Guatemala City, taught some of the English classes and helped the faculty…
If you walked into any of the Loretto Volunteer gatherings in St. Louis, Denver or El Paso on Aug. 18 for the annual shower, you would have felt palpable energy,…
I met Jane Wilson in the 70s when I went to live in community and teach at Pendle Hill, a Quaker adult learning/living community in Pennsylvania. I taught (actually shared…
(Editor’s Note: Material obtained from telephone conversation between Martha Alderson and Donna Doyle) Born in Mobile, Ala., Donna Doyle still has Mobile in her speech pattern after all these years.…
One of the first orders of business of the Loretto Link gathering was to applaud the outgoing transitional board: Libby Comeaux, Eileen Custy, Sally Dunne, Kim Klein, Karen Knoll, Anna…
Twenty-five years ago Lillian Bruce Moskeland decided to become part of the Loretto family. She and I then had one more life adventure to add to our ever-growing friendship and sisterhood.…
This past May when I attended the meeting of the Union of International Superiors General (UISG) in Rome, I was at the table with Claire Sykes, a Faithful Companion of…
As a follow up to our Assembly Proposal 7 to raise the wages of our employees, our Community Group 16 decided to take the next step. First, we celebrated the…
At Peter Urban’s 90th birthday party, Loretto members and many Latino folks celebrated. A Mariachi band played to the delight of Father Peter. The St. Anthony parishioners prepared an extensive…
