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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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Pope Francis meets with transgender, intersex and ally Catholics

By Jeannine Gramick SL / December 12, 2024 /
Five people were pictured smiling with the pope sitting in the middle of the group.

During the last two years, New Ways Ministry, the organization I co-founded to reconcile LGBTQ+ Catholics and the institutional Church, sponsored meetings for some U.S. bishops to discuss LGBTQ+ topics…

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Loretto at the UN welcomes new intern, recognizes #16DaysOfActivism

By Loretto Community / December 9, 2024 /

Loretto thanks you for your support of our U.N. initiative, Loretto at the UN. We also recognize our partners in action: the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary…

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Loretto Shares Advent’s Hopeful Message of God’s Bright Promise

By Loretto Community / December 2, 2024 /

There will be signs in the sun, the moon and the stars … when these things take place, stand up and raise your heads, your redemption is drawing near. Luke…

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In Thanksgiving: Loretto offers its deep gratitude to farmworkers

By Loretto Community / November 25, 2024 /
Photo of a mural depicting the Last Supper of Christ with migrants. Jesus sits in the center joined by Latinx people of varying ages.

Psalm 92 tells us, “It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name most high; to proclaim your love in the morning and your…

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Considering Life and Death

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / October 30, 2024 /
A bronze statue of lady justice wearing a blindfold and holding scales up.

Kaitlyn Marie Wise was killed on Valentine’s Day, 2023. She was 29 years old and lived in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. On May 13, 2024, more than a year later,…

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Meet our 2024-2025 Loretto Justice Fellows!

By Loretto Community / October 21, 2024 /

Meet our 2024/2025 Loretto Justice Fellows! Our Fellows are students at the University of Texas at El Paso and New Mexico State University. Loretto’s nine Fellows are pursuing various studies,…

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Loretto and Land Justice Futures: working toward healing land, people and communities

By Loretto Community / October 14, 2024 /
Four people - a Black woman, an older White woman, a middle-aged man and a second older White woman pose for a photo on the prairie.

In mid-2022 the Loretto Community was invited to participate in the Nuns and Nones (N&N) Land Justice project. N&N was aware of Loretto’s interest in this topic, as demonstrated by…

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New Ways Ministry Brings Transgender, Intersex, Ally Catholics for Dialogue with Pope Francis

By Loretto Community / October 14, 2024 /

Published by NewWaysMinistry.org on October 12, 2024 Pope Francis met today with a diverse group of transgender, intersex, and ally Catholics, including a medical doctor who provides gender transition care.…

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Working for justice and acting for peace by improving accessibility

By Loretto Community / October 7, 2024 /
Four people smile together while riding on a golf cart outside on a sunny day.

Working for justice and acting for peace can take many forms. Sometimes, the first step is making sure events, resources and information are accessible to everyone, whether able-bodied or disabled,…

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Peace Week at the Motherhouse

By Catherine (Kitty) Madden CoL / October 4, 2024 /
One woman watches as another one signs a paper on a wooden podium with a microphone on a church stage.

As we began the celebration of International Peace Week at the Motherhouse Sept. 15-21, on behalf of the Loretto Community, outgoing president Barbara Nicholas and incoming president Buffy Boesen signed…

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Barbara Lee: A bridge to connect to our roots

By Loretto Community / October 3, 2024 /
Two women standing and smiling together visiting a slave memorial site.

By Rosa Lizarde All our silences in the face of racist assault are acts of complicity.– Bell Hooks Connecting Our Roots, organized by Loretto Link’s Cooperative Economics Working Group in…

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At UN Summit of the Future, sisters highlight root causes of poverty

By Loretto Community / October 1, 2024 /

Published by the Global Sisters Report on September 27, 2024 Catholic sisters and lay congregational representatives, joined by clergy and lay allies and partners, say that a just-concluded “Summit of…

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