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Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
Loretto Circles Keep on Rolling
By the Loretto Outreach Team It is almost a year since the first Loretto Circle at Nerinx Hall High School in St. Louis got under way. Since then school faculty members, Sisters of Loretto, former Loretto Volunteers and Loretto co-members…
President Signs Letters in Name of Loretto
Pearl McGivney signs a lot of letters on behalf of the Loretto Community. Like the rest of us, she receives email requests to sign letters and petitions, and , like the rest of us, she chooses what to sign as…
Loretto Goes to World Humanitarian Summit 2016
By Theresa Kubasak “I’ve been at the Summit for two days and this is the best thing I’ve heard! We need to listen to refugees. Everyone in Europe should be listening. We need to listen to this!” The responder, Andrea…
Surprised by Beauty
There is a soft spot of ecological and low-tech beauty behind Webster University’s multiple-rise parking garage on Garden Avenue. It is a low marshy area that planners at the university decided would make a good rain runoff spot for the…
Getting to Know Loretto Academy’s Pilar Gonzalez
It is very interesting how relationships grow in our lives. When I was invited to visit the fifth-grade classroom at Loretto Academy in El Paso, I saw a group of young students who were very involved in making great programs…
Traveling Together in Loretto
My Loretto journey has given me nothing but a strong solid Community where I feel supported in my efforts to continue with my mission. I feel loved, no matter what my inadequacies are, and Loretto gives me enough options to…
Loretto Volunteers Complete Their Missions
By Molly Butler July 13 the 2015-2016 Loretto Volunteers captured the hearts of a full Motherhouse conference room through a night of storytelling. The narratives told that night were crafted during their weeklong closing retreat and reflected eight distinct experiences…
‘Religious at the United Nations’ Names Sally Dunne Project Director for Hilton-funded U.N. Initiative
By Sally Dunne The informal group of sisters, brothers, priests, and others who represent their respective Catholic religious congregations at the United Nations is called RUN — “Religious at the United Nations.” Since the early days of congregational presence at…
Loretto Hunger Fund Helps Support Jemez Springs, N.M., Organizations
By Sharon Palma Jemez Helping Hands and Jemez Springs Presbyterian Church in the Jemez Springs, N.M., area have been recipients of the Loretto Hunger Fund for several years. The population that is served with these donations includes the Jemez Native…
Forging Peace Along with Garden Tools
Zealous NRA members held their 2016 annual convention in Louisville on May 21, spurring into action hundreds of engaged Louisville citizens. We are seeking an alternative to the gun- crazed culture that has plagued American cities in recent years. In…
Delegation to Venezuela: Sowing Food Sovereignty
By Rox Monterastelli(Editor’s Note: Rox Monterastelli participated in the Task Force on the Americas delegation to meet women confronting economic war by empowering a nation. She offers us a mini action to support these women.) Venezuela is at the crossroads…
Ruth Routten’s Journey Continues
My first encounter with the Sisters of Loretto was in 1973 in Saigon, South Vietnam, when I met Mary Nelle Gage and Susan McDonald caring for orphans. I escorted some of the adopted orphans to their new families in the…