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A lifelong dream comes true

By Eleanor Craig SL / March 1, 2024 /

It was Aug. 15, 1980, and a novice was pronouncing her first vows at Loretto Motherhouse as so many had done before her, except … the ceremony was held in…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / March 1, 2024 /

At the Link gathering in St. Louis, Jean East opened one of the sessions with this quote: “Loretto Link is engaging in emergence … which is being in right relationship…

The early: Grassroots desegregation at Webster College

By Annie Stevens CoL / March 1, 2024 /

As part of my Loretto Roots research in the spring of 2022, I read Professor Shannen Dee Williams’s new book, “Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American…

Carbon reduction award goes to Haiti

By Joy Jensen SL / March 1, 2024 /

Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere with a socioeconomic condition plagued by political instability. Loretto’s Carbon Reduction Fund awarded $500 to the Association of Peasants of Fondwa…

Loretto Link meeting a success

By Loretto Community / March 1, 2024 /

The Loretto Link meeting in St. Louis in January, the second in-person meeting since Link’s inception five-plus years ago, was a rousing success! One of the highlights was a presentation…

Lunch and laughter for Loretto Leaders and Loretto Community members

By Regina Drey SL / March 1, 2024 /

A delightful lunch in January was a much-anticipated opportunity for the fourth- and fifth-grade Loretto Leaders at St. Mary’s Academy in Denver to enjoy the company of 10 sisters and…

Loretto involvement in Louisville’s West End

By Martha Alderson CoL / February 1, 2024 /

On a rainy Saturday in October, a small group of Loretto members headed to Louisville for a meeting with members of the West End Louisville Women’s Collaborative. There was no…

What is Emerging?

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / February 1, 2024 /

As we greet this New Year, many of us habitually think of those New Year’s resolutions that we often make and within a few weeks are forgotten. Perhaps this year,…

A St. Louis Christmas

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2024 /

In St. Louis, several Community members came together to celebrate.

Our move to a new house: A journey of hope and joy

By Loretto Community / February 1, 2024 /

By Maribah Moving to a new house, even when it is just a rental house, is more than just a change of physical location — it is a transformation of…

Evolving in community: The Loretto Justice Fellowship program is underway

By Annie Rosenkranz / February 1, 2024 /

Like the Loretto Volunteer Program from which it evolved, the Loretto Justice Fellowship program connects the next generation of justice leaders to Loretto, to impactful service work with Loretto-aligned justice…

Interchange and its editors beloved by Loretto Community

By Loretto Community / January 8, 2024 /

“We as Sisters of Loretto, Loretto Co-members, share in that mysterious gift of the Holy Spirit which quietly and decisively brought Loretto into being and keeps it alive today.” (I…

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