Interchange
Thoughtful and engaging news stories of interest to the Loretto Community and friends.
Mother’s Day has rushed toward us and away. Are we ready to remember, to share memories? We have had great mothers and it is still time to think of them.…
I would like to express deep gratitude to all of you who live and work at the Motherhouse. You received Philani Dlamini (a Loretto “grandson”) and me with warmth in…
One of the great visionaries of planet Earth is the Jesuit priest-scientist, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. Much of what we have learned about the Universe and the new cosmology comes…
On my recent visit to El Paso, Mary Margaret Murphy introduced me to Patsy Stallworth, a longtime friend of Villa Maria, the home that Loretto sisters founded to support immigrant…
“The immersion in April was a chance to delve deeply into what it means to be a teacher in the Loretto tradition,” reflected St. Mary’s Academy teacher Mike Lantagne following…
The Loretto Community Carbon Reduction Fund granted $800 to the Global Village Children’s Project in Uganda in 2023. The Project had tapped a Nile River tributary, which never dries up,…
The late Loretto sister Mary Peter Bruce brought Michael Lapsley to us. Years ago, Mary Peter, along with Connie Newton, met Michael at a religious meeting in Quito, Ecuador, where…
To build relationships you have to “waste time” together. The Focus Community Gathering in Racine, Wis., did that and so much more. The Land Justice teams from 15 different communities…
Two centuries after his death in 1824, Reverend Charles Nerinckx, priest-founder of Loretto, is commemorated in a cover essay I was invited to write for American Catholic Studies journal. With…
The future belongs to those who give the next generation reason for hope. Teihard de Chardin In June 2023, those in the Loretto Community who had been working on issues…
We probably will never finish exploring the rich sources of interest and meaning from the recent Loretto Link Gathering in St. Louis in February. Every time I read the summary…
At the end of last week we observed International Women’s Day, which got me to wondering. What might it feel like if every day was International Women’s Day? What if…
