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Leadership

All Loretto members are leaders. Every six years, six Loretto women religious and six Co-members are elected to serve the Community. Their generosity throughout the years has enhanced the life of Loretto and its mission. Learn more about our Loretto Leadership.

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‘Have Only One Heart, One Soul, One Mind’

By Donna Day SL / February 1, 2019 /
Four women sitting in chairs in a row with seven women standing behind them all smiling together for a group picture indoors.

‘Have only one heart, one soul, one mind.’ Words of Father Charles Nerinckx Dec. 8, 2018, was a special feast day at the Loretto Motherhouse and for Loretto members everywhere.…

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Paulette Peterson CoL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I grew up in a small town outside Chicago: Lemont, Ill. My mother was Roman Catholic and my father was Protestant. My sister, Elaine, is 10 years younger. I attended…

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Mary Helen Sandoval CoL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I was born in Brainerd, Minn., the youngest of six children. In 1961, I went to Loretto Heights College. After graduating with a degree in math, with minors in education…

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Sonja Earthman Novo CoL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I look back on my life and know that You were with me all the way. When the time came for my birth, daddy did not have money to pay…

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Susan Kenney CoL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I am blessed to have grown up in a small Wisconsin town surrounded by a loving family and neighbors. I attended Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa, and upon graduating began…

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Jane German CoL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I grew up in a small town in rural Illinois, one of two children of older parents and grandparents. My father’s family were Catholics. All his family siblings married non-Catholics.…

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Vicki Schwartz SL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

St. Louis is my hometown, and I frequently return there to spend time with my nieces and their families. After attending elementary school at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel and…

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Mary Catherine Rabbitt SL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I was born in St. Louis in 1946, the third of four children born to Dan and Charlotte Rabbitt – and the only girl. I attended Immaculate Conception Grade School…

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Cathy Mueller SL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

My life has been filled with amazing experiences that have led me to be who I am now. I have taught high school, done pastoral work in multicultural parishes, led…

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Mary Margaret Murphy SL, Vice President

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

Although I was born in Erie, Pa., I attended six different grade schools and lived in Kentucky, Ohio and Colorado. I met the Sisters of Loretto in Denver at Blessed…

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Sharon Kassing SL

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

I’m a native of St. Louis and have lived there all my life, except for the time I spent in Kentucky in formation. Growing up, we were three kids, and…

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Barbara Nicholas SL, President

By Loretto Community / January 1, 2019 /

Educated at Webster College in St. Louis, Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., and Adelphi University in Garden City N.Y., I taught science at Visitation-Holy Ghost Schools in St. Louis for…

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