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Loretto in the News
Enjoy this list of news stories featuring the Loretto Community and/or its members.
Bringing Sisters Back Together: Loretto Begins Exhumation of Sisters Buried in Loretto Heights Cemetery
Five years ago, with the announcement of the pending sale of the Loretto Heights campus, Loretto began prayerful and thoughtful research into how the Community could best ensure the perpetual care of the 62 Sisters of Loretto buried in the…
March, speakers, draw attention to poverty, voting rights, health care needs
Published by Catholic News Service, posted by the Catholic Spirit on June 23, 2022 The Loretto Community was one of several religious orders and organizations that participated in the Moral March on Washington on June 18, 2022. Mercy Sisters Joan…
Vatican official speaks to event hosted by LGBT outreach group New Ways Ministry
Published by National Catholic Reporter on April 6, 2022 “Xavière Missionary Sr. Nathalie Becquart, the undersecretary of the Vatican’s Synod of Bishops office, addressed an April 3 online gathering organized by New Ways Ministry, the Maryland-based advocacy group for LGBTQ…
Monday Starter: Loretto Community celebrated 30 years of environmental ministry
Published by the Global Sisters Report on March 28, 2022 As part of the United Nations’ annual two-week Commission on the Status of Women, the Loretto Community celebrated a congregational milestone: the 30th anniversary of its environmental ministry, the Loretto…
Pope Francis thanks New Ways Ministry in recent correspondence
Published by the National Catholic Reporter on December 8, 2021 In two letters to New Ways Ministry this year, Pope Francis commended the organization for its outreach to the LGBTQ community and referred to one of its co-founders, Loretto Sr.…
Miguel Pro Mission offers hope and a future to the people of Ciudad Juarez
Published by Denver Catholic on August 19, 2021 The incredible work of Loretto member the Rev. Peter Urban and Miguel Pro Mission, the charitable organization he founded “to provide hope and a future to families living in the poorest and…
Former Kentucky convent finds new life as compassionate care home
Published by the Global Sisters Report on July 28, 2021 It has been said with some authority (Mark 2:22) that one does not put new wine into old wineskins. That may be true in the world of vineyards and winemakers,…
Catholic women pursue pro-life values at the border
Published by the National Catholic Reporter February 18, 2021 While most young adults look to the entertainment industry for models to emulate, 23-year-old Elyse McMahon turns to a more idyllic model: the Beatitudes. Gleaned from 16 years of Catholic education,…
Go into the world: Sisters find common ground with people of other religions
Published by the Global Sisters Report on January 25, 2021 Sr. Nasreen Daniel was a panelist for the Global Sisters Report in their The Life feature series. Sr. Maria Daniel appears in one of the photos in the story. “When…
Capitol riot mirrors insurrections outside US, say sisters with international duties
Published by the Global Sisters Report on January 8, 2021 Beth Blissman CoL was interviewed by the Global Sisters Report in response to the riot at the Capitol on January 6. “… Beth Blissman, a lay representative for the Loretto Community at…
The gift of small works in the face of big issues
Published by the Global Sisters Report on Nov 18, 2020 Denver — It begins with a box. During our first few days together as a house, my fellow Denver Loretto Volunteers and I put on our best gardening gear and…
Diocesan Migrant & Refugee Services receives $50k+ via two grants
Published by the El Paso Herald-Post on Nov 13, 2020 Friday morning, officials with the Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc. (DMRS) announced that the organization had received two grants to help them in their mission to assist migrants in…