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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Loretto Attends Presentation by Harvard Divinity School Fellows

By Loretto Community / June 1, 2019 /

A man and a woman sitting next to each other smiling and laughing candidly at a dark wooden table in a home in front of a white fire place.

By Lisa Reynolds and Sally Maresh Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile, the two Harvard Ministry Innovation Fellows who were part of the Emerging Forms presentation at our 2017 Assembly,…

Exploring Gender Justice: From #MeToo to #WeToo

By Beth Blissman CoL / June 1, 2019 /

One man and two women sit together on a stage at an event. They are all three wearing matching lanyards and the woman sitting in the middle is speaking into a microphone.

At the recent U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (March 2019), Loretto at the UN co-sponsored a parallel event entitled “Breakthrough in Transforming Patriarchy: The Promise of Gender Equity…

Exciting Beginnings for San Antonio Sister-Schools — Rolling Hills Catholic School/Antonian Middle School and St. Anthony, Lahore, Pakistan

By Mary Ann Lovett SL / June 1, 2019 /

A woman wearing Pakistani attire smiling brightly in a classroom next to a collage wall of Pakistani appreciation.

(Editor’s Note: This article is an update to the initial article in the December 2018 issue of Interchange. It gives us a view of the great progress the sister-schools in…

Sharing My El Paso Experience

By Vivian Doremus CoL / May 1, 2019 /

Recently I returned from volunteer work helping immigrant families at the El Paso/Juarez border. I wish to share the remarkable story unfolding there. I had been reading accounts in Interchange…

From Loretto at UN: International Women’s Day 2019

By Beth Blissman CoL / April 1, 2019 /

In March as we celebrated Women’s Month, the United Nations recognized International Women’s Day on March 8, with the theme of “Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change.” This theme…

Loretto Back at the Border in 2019

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2019 /

12 hikers stop and smile for a group picture mid-trail on a sunny day.

By Mary Jean Friel and Mary Helen Sandoval The Latin America/Caribbean Committee sponsored a trip to the Mexican border at Nogales, Mexico. We led the excursion. Due to the strong…

Extra! Extra! Loretto Newsletters Available!

By Libby Comeaux CoL / April 1, 2019 /

It may surprise you to know of the many newsletters that have sprung up from various working groups within the Loretto Community. Below is a list for your information. If…

#StandWithSisters

By Loretto Community / March 4, 2019 /

This #NationalCatholicSistersWeek March 8-14, will you #StandWithSisters in serving, advocating for and walking with the most vulnerable and marginalized communities in our society; caring for our common home; standing firm…

Loretto Committees Sponsor Program on Active Nonviolence

By Jeanne Orrben CoL / March 1, 2019 /

A man wearing glasses and a plaid button-up shirt standing indoors speaking into a microphone smiling with some papers in his hands.

The Denver Activities Committee and the Loretto Peace Committee sponsored a program on “Active Nonviolence: Our Response to Injustice in Our Time.” Byron Plumley facilitated the conversation. Byron was chair…

Black History Month: Memories and Action

By Lillian Moskeland CoL / March 1, 2019 /

A Black History Month graphic poster of four different colored hands touching finger tips in the center with a multi-colored background.

Black History Month was celebrated in the United States throughout the month of February. It is a month for discussions, acknowledging the work of today, events and remembrance of those…

‘White’ Christmas 2018

By Marie Ego SL / March 1, 2019 /

A Greyhound bus station waiting room with numerous people sitting and waiting for their bus.

For some time now Loretto Community members from the Motherhouse and Louisville have been meeting the 3 p.m. “Sunday Bus” that comes from Texas with immigrants who are going to…

Social Media Campaign to Highlight Sisters’ Ministries

By Loretto Community / March 1, 2019 /

Nine individuals standing together for a group picture indoors.

Irma Avila will be among those featured in a social media campaign celebrating the myriad ways women religious and their supporters stand up for social justice in our communities. The…

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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.