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Loretto in the News
Enjoy this list of news stories featuring the Loretto Community and/or its members.
Loretto Living Center ranked #1 in Kentucky as a Newsweek Best Nursing Home for 2026!
America’s Best Nursing Homes 2026 – 50-99 Beds Posted by Newsweek Magazine September 2025 One of the most important decisions families face is choosing a trusted nursing home for themselves or a loved one. Whether the need is for day-to-day…
The Miraculous Loretto Chapel Staircase
Published by Atlas Obscura September 30, 2025 Dylan Thuras: If you’re a nun and you’re facing a problem you don’t know how to solve, you might pray on it. If you’re a nun and facing a really big problem that…
Sr. Jeannine Gramick asks: Will actions affirm Pope Leo’s words on LGBTQ+ people?
Originally published by National Catholic Reporter September 4, 2025 Like millions of the world’s poor, and not so poor, I miss the warm, good-hearted, down-to-earth Pope Francis. His personality came through not only in his loving words, but also in…
A Habit Of Activism
Originally published by The Flying Mantis August 28, 2025 The Sisters of Loretto have a long history of social activism. You don’t want to mess with these nuns! Let me tell you about an extraordinary group of nuns from Nerinx,…
New Pioneers makes a splash with first ‘Where the Wild Things Are’ day camp
Posted by The Kentucky Standard July 26, 2025 New Pioneers, in proud partnership with the Loretto Community, successfully hosted its inaugural summer day camp this June, Where the Wild Things Are! Designed to spark curiosity, build confidence, and foster a…
Preserving the Land with Love and Devotion
Posted by The Daily Yonder August 7, 2025 Donna Eder visits the Cedars of Peace hermitages at the Loretto Motherhouse at least four times a year. Here in a small cabin, constructed with wood from the surrounding forest, she retreats…
80 years after Hiroshima, anti-nuclear activists are still fighting for progress
Posted by Global Sisters Report August 4, 2025 For those active in nuclear disarmament work, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Aug. 6 and 9, 1945, respectively) is a reminder of how much work is…
The power of reckoning: How Catholic Church records can help African Americans uncover their ancestry
Posted by Black Catholic Messenger August 1, 2025 The intersection of the Catholic Church with the transatlantic slave trade is extensive, and the investigation of its history and effects has grown to include a number of organizations in recent years,…
‘A pope for the world’: Sisters around the globe share hopes for Leo XIV’s papacy
Published by National Catholic Reporter’s Global Sisters Report May 16, 2025 A week after Pope Leo XIV was elected, Catholic sisters around the world have hopes for change under the new pontiff — and are even suggesting possible papal priorities,…
Sisters gather to promote justice and human rights
Posted by the Springfield Sun May 14, 2025 The Dominican Sisters of St. Catharine’s Motherhouse joined forces with the Sisters of Loretto/Loretto Community to host a Community Gathering near their billboard on Highway 55. The gathering was held on Tuesday,…
Operation Babylift: 50 years later
In recognition of the fifty-year anniversary of Operation Babylift, multiple news stories are being produced commemorating the event and noting the role that Loretto Community members played in the operation. “The Vietnam War: Flight to a New Future,” with reporting…
Monday Starter: Pakistani nuns turn to music, social media to mourn Pope Francis
Posted by Global Sisters Report May 5, 2025 Sisters stand with marginalized via billboard The Loretto Community and the Dominican Sisters of Peace teamed up to place two billboards in Springfield, Kentucky, standing with those at the margins. The billboards…