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Outreach Retreat Nourishes Attendees

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2023 /

A man in a blue shirt standing over a short-haired woman having a conversation indoors.

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / May 1, 2023 /

Every Sunday I receive “Bulletins from Immortality” in my email from Jan Phillips, who is an author, spiritual activist, storyteller and more.* On March 12, she shared a challenging awareness…

View through a window

By Susan Classen CoL / May 1, 2023 /

Woman in warm clothing with hat and gloves helping spread soil on a sunny day.

Headlines about a 1984 seminal study linking human health to nature declared, “View through a window may influence recovery from surgery.” That early study found that hospital patients with a…

Denver Seder a Joyous Occasion

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2023 /

A diverse table make a toast and smile at the dining table inside.

The Denver Community gathered on Palm Sunday to share a Seder meal and ritual. A fabulous time was had by all.

Nuclear weapons are immoral and expensive. One nuclear blast could kill several million people, not including those who would suffer from radiation sickness and genetic mutations. Nukes contaminate air, soil…

Spotlight on Loretto Wisdom Women

By Joy Jensen SL / May 1, 2023 /

Woman with bob haircut, bangs, and glasses smiles for a picture outside in a striped collared shirt.

Editor’s note: We are featuring interviews of Loretto Community elders. We are grateful to the sisters and to Joy Jensen for sharing wonderful snapshots of our beloved Community members. April…

Loretto Roots: Down the Mississippi where Histories and Cultures Interact

By Annie Stevens CoL / May 1, 2023 /

Two women smiling next to a museum sign outside.

Barbara Ann Barbato and I spent a week of March driving through history along the lower Mississippi River Valley, where Loretto established convents and schools during the 1820s-1840s. We not…

Strong youth participation at the 67th U.N. Commission on the Status of Women

By Beth Blissman CoL / May 1, 2023 /

After three years of online events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was pure joy to welcome 16 students from Loretto schools in Denver and El Paso to the 67th…

Welcome Christina Garcia, Newest Co-Member!

By Lisa Reynolds CoL / May 1, 2023 / Comments Off

Brunette woman smiles brightly with a blurred background.

Welcome to Christina Garcia! Christina was accepted as a co-member on March 21. She and her husband and two daughters live in Denver. Christina is a teacher at St. Mary’s…

Visiting schools in Pakistan

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / May 1, 2023 /

Six individuals smile in front of a beige and blue monument. It is sunny outside, and the four women are wearing head scarves.

On Feb. 24, Nasreen Daniel, Samina Iqbal, Anna Koop and I drove to Multan, about four hours south of Lahore, to visit the Lasallian Brothers. Brother Shahzad wrote our letter…

Teachers visit the motherhouse

By Loretto Community / May 1, 2023 /

A wide variety of teachers all smile together for a group picture outside on a sunny day.

Teachers from Loretto Academy in El Paso, Nerinx Hall in St. Louis and St. Mary’s Academy in Denver experienced a rich time at the Motherhouse from March 29 through April…

Roots and branches

By JoAnn Gates / April 1, 2023 /

An overview image of staff and board members sitting, conversing, and working indoors.

The relationship between the roots of a tree and its branches: what an apt metaphor to describe the relationship cultivated within and sometimes among those who retreat at Knobs Haven…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.