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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.
Loretto’s Midweek Mission Message: Mission focused and issue driven
This week Loretto’s Facebook page will feature posts from Loretto’s “Midweek Mission Message.” Midweek Mission Message, or MMM for short, is a weekly email series that highlights various mission focuses and issues the Loretto Community is committed to addressing. These…
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Review
The Loretto Peace Committee decided last August to promote Eleanor Coerr’s historical novel for children about an 11-year-old named Sadako. Sadako [Sa da’ ko] is a healthy girl, a runner on the middle school track team, who lives in a happy family in Hiroshima, Japan, 10…
Jeannine Gramick SL meets with Pope Francis in Rome
Jeannine Gramick SL and friends from New Ways Ministry, the organization she co-founded to support LGBTQ+ persons, traveled to Rome last October to meet with Pope Francis. Jeannine and the pope had been corresponding for some time, and he had…
Doctor follows in Ann Manganaro SL’s footsteps, serves in Central America
By Lauri Pramuk, M.D. Inspired by the story of Ann Manganaro SL and her commitment as a pediatrician to the people of El Salvador, in 2020 I helped open a primary care clinic for a community of Indigenous Mayans near…
The Urgent Fight to Save Sacred Land
The San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona is still trying to save the holy land at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, or Oak Flat, from destruction. Our April 3 MMM included an Action Alert pertaining to their fight. Since then, the 9th Circuit Court…
News from New Mexico, the Atomic State
Between 1956 and 1972, Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) periodically flushed water containing chromium down Sandia Canyon. In 2005 a toxic plume of hexavalent chromium was discovered in ground water under LANL property. Fifty years later, those responsible for its clean-up —the Lab and the New Mexico State Environmental Department…
Loretto’s two peace committees take small & large steps to cultivate peace
The Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee reactivated this past summer after having had to pause during the early pandemic. Taking small steps for justice is an important way to cultivate a culture of peace on the Motherhouse campus and throughout the…
Monday Starter: Sisters join other Catholics in letter to stop US weapons to Israel
Published by Global Sisters Report on May 4, 2024 More than 150 sisters, along with organizations that represent them, have signed a letter urging a halt of U.S. arms shipments to Israel, the release of hostages held by Hamas and more…
Journeys in justice – Loretto celebrates the 2023/24 Loretto Justice Fellows!
May 2024 marks the end of the inaugural year of the Loretto Justice Fellowship program. At this time last year, the Loretto Justice Fellowship program existed only as an idea, a vision for a reimagined approach to Loretto’s work with…
Loretto’s ‘immigration justice’ work clearly shows these two words go together
For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you…
Waste, Fraud and Deceit – Tax Dollars at Work
The F-35 fighter plane seemed like a great idea at its inception. The Air Force had its own plane, the F-15 which was agile (could fly straight up for a mile), could fly long distances (from the U.S. to Russia)…
Loretto stands up for peace… Loretto marches for dignity
By Loretto Communications staff Loretto Community members have taken part in recent activities promoting peace and justice in Gaza. Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates represented Loretto at a Mennonite-led peace action in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 16. About 200 people…