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Justice and Peace

Grounded in our roots and enlightened by the Gospel, “we work for a future in which the poor and suffering, the hungry in body and spirit, will know God’s saving presence in them.” Learn more about our Justice and Peace work.

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Haiti Journal – March 2025

By Loretto Community / March 25, 2025 /

It has been quite a while since I have been able to send out a Haiti Journal. I presume that most of you have kept up somewhat with what continues…

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Letter to the editor: Restore the USAID

By Pat McCormick SL / March 17, 2025 /

This letter to the editor by Sister Patricia McCormick SL appeared in the March 12, 2025 issue of the Lebanon Enterprise. Dear Editor, I write to ask whether others in…

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Justice Fellows live Loretto’s spirit of service

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /
A group of nine people smiling in a group.

Ten Loretto Justice Fellows are currently serving with five placement organizations in the El Paso, Texas, community. During the fall 2024 semester, they contributed 2,500 hours of service to people…

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Photo album: Loretto members tirelessly pursue justice and peace

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / March 10, 2025 /
A group of protesters gather with signs on a cold day

Explore the rich story of Loretto’s peacemaking history in the Winter 2021 issue of Loretto Magazine. 1990s We are called to be missionaries of peace. … It means making space…

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Loretto Peace Committees act for the welfare of all

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /
Four older women sit outdoors with an anti-nuclear weapons sign

Loretto has had a Peace Committee working to end war and create a peace culture since the beginning of committee structures within the government we established in 1970. Members are…

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Art for the sake of justice and peace

By Loretto Community / March 10, 2025 /
An older man wearing a red vest sits in a chair drawing.

There is a ‘relationship between art and religion, there’s no question; it’s all one kind of spiritual experience.’– Bob Strobridge Bob Strobridge CoL has designed and sewn bold, colorful banners…

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Our hearts break open…

By Donna Day SL / March 3, 2025 /

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…

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Sisters of Selma

By Loretto Community / March 3, 2025 /
Three women walking on the sidewalk of a road bridge with a large white arch and the sign Edmund Pettus Bridge on an overcast day.

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…

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Loretto stands with immigrants: yesterday, today and always

By Loretto Community / February 24, 2025 /
Colorful Loretto Community banner shows a silhouetted family holding hands with the words "Danger?" above. A Gospel quote follows: "I was a stranger and you took me in," Matthew 25:35.

Loretto’s spirit of advocacy reflects its mission of “working for justice and acting for peace because the Gospel urges us.” Both in the Old and New Testament scriptures, one can…

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Statement of Solidarity from Kentucky Catholic Sisters

By Loretto Community / February 3, 2025 /

The Sisters of Loretto joined with three other communities of Catholic sisters in solidarity with the Kentucky and Tennessee bishops in support of immigrant families. You can read the entire…

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Hospitality: A hallmark of Loretto’s life in community since 1812

By Loretto Community / February 3, 2025 /
Strobridge art with colorful quote

The joy and privilege of welcoming others is not new to Loretto. We have welcomed others to our homes, neighborhoods, schools, cities and towns, churches and workplaces for more than…

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Loretto joins with coalition in urging President Trump to sign Nuclear Ban Treaty

By Loretto Community / January 22, 2025 /

The Warheads to Windmills Coalition sent a letter to President Donald Trump Jan. 22, the anniversary of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, asking him to sign the…

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