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Loretto in the News

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Following Trump’s victory, sisters express worry about future of ‘common good’

By Loretto Community / November 15, 2024 /

Published by the National Catholic Reporter on November 7, 2024 Catholic sisters in the United States working on global issues say they are dismayed by the prospect of a second…

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Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse receives a 5 star rating from U.S. News and World Report

By Loretto Community / November 15, 2024 /

Posted by U.S. News and World Report November 2024 Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse in Nerinx, KY has a short-term rehabilitation rating of High Performing and a long-term care…

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Student Literacy Corps continues Loretto legacy

By Loretto Community / November 13, 2024 /

Posted by The Journal, November 10, 2024 Webster University was founded by the Sisters of Loretto in 1915. If you aren’t familiar with the Loretto community, its mission then, as…

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Black Catholics, alumni of old St. Monica, recall their school days

By Loretto Community / November 8, 2024 /

Published by The Record, November 6, 2024 At least seven decades after they graduated from the old St. Monica School, in Lebanon, Ky., alumni believe the Sisters of Loretto’s strict…

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Meet the sisters in the Together Program

By Loretto Community / October 29, 2024 /

Originally posted on the Religious Formation Conference website October 2024. The four vowed women religious in this year’s Together program took some time to respond to questions about themselves. Learn…

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Kentucky Foundation for Women announces 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residents

By Loretto Community / October 21, 2024 /

Published October 19, 2024 by the Kentucky Standard. Kentucky Foundation for Women is excited to announce the recipients of the 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters…

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Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years

By Loretto Community / October 11, 2024 /

Published by The Conversation Oct 11, 2024 In 2021, Sister Nathalie Becquart became the first woman to vote at any Vatican meeting when Pope Francis appointed her undersecretary to the…

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The Enduring Mystery of the Loretto Chapel Staircase

By Loretto Community / October 9, 2024 /

Published by Atlas Obscura on October 8, 2024 It’s considered a miracle, an engineering marvel, and even a scientific anomaly, depending who you ask. In Santa Fe, New Mexico, the…

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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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Loretto Academy to purchase its leased property

By Loretto Community / September 18, 2024 /

Published by El Paso Inc, Sept 15, 2024 Loretto Academy will soon own the 19 acres its 100-year-old campus calls home. … Sisters of Loretto president, Sister Barbara Nicholas, and…

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Sisters of the Earth Community focuses on ‘largest pro-life issue’ — the Earth

By Loretto Community / September 13, 2024 /

Published by National Catholic Reporter on Sept. 9, 2024 Deep along two-lane roads, nestled amid the undulating, verdant hillsides of Vermont, the Sisters of the Earth Community at Green Mountain Monastery…

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Eileen Harrington CoL named Edgewood College 2024 Distinguished Alumni

By Loretto Community / September 11, 2024 /

Each fall, Edgewood College recognizes extraordinary alumni with three awards: Distinguished Alumni Award The Distinguished Alumni Award acknowledges the accomplishments of alumni who have achieved excellence in their professional career…

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