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Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
International Women’s Day marked with peaceful gathering in Brentwood, Mo.
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 each participant to exercise the right to gather peacefully. Participants…
Honoring Diversity Day at St. Mary’s Academy
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 Kenna’D Darnell and juniors Maya Ursua Garcia and Madison High,…
One Drum, One Prayer, One Circle
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 for those who hate us…. We’re doing it for those…
What is Emerging?
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 things that are emerging and old things that emerge with…
Painting love and gratitude
My mother, my grandmother, my aunt, my friend. These honored ones, whose names were part of an art project, were some of those remembered in the painting on wooden blocks. The painters gathered on Feb. 1 in the Conference Room…
Our hearts break open…
The heart that breaks open can contain the whole universe. Joanna Macy All the children in our time who are starving or dying from pneumonia, or any disease, belong to God and not to economic dictators from a country that…
Sisters of Selma
After Selma, Sister, you can’t stay home again. Sister Margaret Ellen Traxler SSND March is the 60th Anniversary of the Selma, Ala., marches. During March 1965, approximately 50 sisters representing 12 religious orders participated in marches in Selma that were…
What is Emerging?
It seems that at any Loretto gathering since the U.S. election on Nov. 7, the conversation would turn to the hard question of how can we love those whose words and actions are so against what we believe? Richard Rohr’s…
Re-discovering America: Understanding colonization
On Dec. 2 at the Loretto Motherhouse L. Kilan Jacobs came carrying the whole life of his Osage history, which he shared with us without any notes. He covered a spellbinding account of centuries of forced moves, broken promises and…
Celebrating together Christmas 2024 in the USA
By Maribah, Shaista and Saima One of the most significant aspects of Christmas is the emphasis on charity and helping those in need. This holy day brings people together in a spirit of love and generosity. A focus on generosity…
A day in the life of your United Nations rep
For over a decade, Loretto at the UN has been a proud member of the Working Group on Girls (WGG). A global coalition of organizations, WGG was established nearly 30 years ago and is dedicated to advocating for the rights…
What is Emerging?
Every February we celebrate St. Valentine’s Day. It’s not so much a day to celebrate the person known as Valentine, but a day to express our love and receive love in return. There is a deeper more expansive love than…