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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.
Belonging to the human family
Challenging the death penalty in Kentucky & beyond Two years ago I saw a notice in our local weekly that a Black 20-year-old man had been arrested for the killing of a white woman a year and a half earlier.…
A Visit to Loretto by the Kansas Black Farmers Association
Special visitors arrived at Loretto Motherhouse on Sept. 20 from the town of Nicodemus in northwest Kansas. Nine women from one extended family traveled to Loretto to explore how their history overlaps Loretto’s history with both enslavement of Black people…
Loretto’s Land Ethic: Care of land AND its many human relationships
In 1879, the Rev. Vicar J. B. Salpointe sent Sisters of Loretto from Las Cruces, N.M., to start a school in San Elizario, Texas. They opened St. Joseph’s Academy on 15 acres given to them by the Rev. Peter Bourgade,…
Loretto Celebrates International Peace Week
Last week was International Peace Week and the Motherhouse Peace Committee was busy planning events and activities. On Peace Day, Monday, Sept. 21, they honored the day with music at the Loretto Motherhouse Church. Musicians included St. Dominic Handbell Choir,…
Loretto joins hearts and hands for Peace Week
It is interesting that we designate only seven days to honor Peace Week. It is also interesting that the early rule of the Sisters of Loretto from 1820 says, “The society is and ought to be nothing but a society…
Protecting the Vote – We Can Help
We’re tired. We’re busy. We’re discouraged. We in Loretto are getting older. But if we don’t act to help protect the vote, we’ll only feel worse. Voter Registration Start by checking when voter registration ends in your state. Voting Day…
Loretto celebrates farm workers, partnerships with southern neighbors this Labor Day week
What was on your dinner table recently? Perhaps you enjoyed strawberries or lettuce, tomatoes, chilies, soybean products, cherries, corn, carrots, potatoes, avocados, beets and more, all representative of God’s abundant bounty. Credit the farmworkers for helping to put this delicious…
Honoring Labor Organizers
Labor Day is coming up this Monday, Sept. 7, 2026! The Midweek Mission Message would like to recognize labor organizers and movements. Below are some people and organizations that have paved the way for more human rights for all: Loretto…
You Have the Right to Remain Silent
I was at a nonviolent training in preparation for trespassing and staying limp during arrest at the School of the Americas in Fort Benning, Georgia. Attendees didn’t want to be silent. I wanted to tell them the program teaches how…
Help make a difference in the life of another by giving to Loretto’s Hunger Fund
This week we are sharing about the Hunger Fund and some of the organizations it has supported that are doing great work in Kentucky and globally! The Loretto Hunger Fund grants funding to various groups that reach into the community…
Impelled by Joy Jensen SL, vital Kentucky housing bill is signed into law
I’m grateful for the support of my colleagues in the Senate and for the faith leaders who inspired this effort, especially Joy Jensen and the Sisters of Loretto. Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Ky. Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) is the grandfather of…
Loretto wishes all a Happy Fourth and a Happy 250th USA!
Thanks to the leadership of George Washington and the combined efforts of the French Navy and Washington’s good friend and ally General Marquis de Lafayette, the British surrendered at Yorktown on October 19, 1781. The fight for independence was over.…