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Loretto in the News

Enjoy this list of news stories featuring the Loretto Community and/or its members.

Pope Francis Was a Champion, if an Imperfect One, for L.G.B.T.Q. People

By Loretto Community / April 24, 2025 /

Posted by the New York Times April 21, 2025. As soon as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in 2013, he made his first big…

2025 Mayor’s Design Awards Nominees

By Loretto Community / April 17, 2025 /

Posted by Denver.gov April 2025 Loretto is delighted to share that the Pancratia Hall Lofts project was voted the winner in the “Affordability – Existing Buildings” category for the 2025…

First Friday Club of Cleveland hears plans for Women Religious Archives Collaborative

By Loretto Community / April 17, 2025 /

Posted by Catholic Diocese of Cleveland April 15, 2025 As Ursuline Sister Susan Durkin outlined the plans for the Women Religious Archives Collaborative to the First Friday Club of Cleveland,…

Press release: Kentucky Foundation for Women announces Winter/Spring 2025 Loretto Artist Residents

By Loretto Community / April 14, 2025 /

Posted in Link NKY April 11, 2025 KFW (Kentucky Foundation for Women) is excited to announce the recipients of the Winter/Spring 2025 Loretto Artist Residency Program, a partnership between Sisters…

UN event spotlights the challenge of ‘rollback’ of women’s rights

By Loretto Community / April 10, 2025 /

Posted by Global Sisters Report April 3, 2025 Catholic sisters, joining thousands of other women from throughout the world in two weeks of meetings, networking and celebratory sisterhood at the…

Support for bishops’ immigration statement

By Loretto Community / April 1, 2025 /

Posted in the The Record on February 20, 2025 On February 20, 2025, The Record published a joint letter from Dominican Sisters of Peace, Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Sisters…

5 Awe-inspiring Catholic sites not to miss in Kentucky

By Loretto Community / March 21, 2025 /

Posted March 3, 2025 by Aleteia. … The Abbey of Our Lady of Gethsemani is a Trappist monastery, home to monks who are Cistercians of the Strict Observance. It is…

Letter to the editor: Restore the USAID

By Pat McCormick SL / March 17, 2025 /

This letter to the editor by Sister Patricia McCormick SL appeared in the March 12, 2025 issue of the Lebanon Enterprise. Dear Editor, I write to ask whether others in…

Spring groundbreaking eyed for Sisters Heritage Center

By Loretto Community / March 7, 2025 /

Posted by the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland on March 4, 2025 The Women’s Religious Archives Collaborative announced last year that it would construct a Heritage Center in Cleveland to preserve…

A prayer to God leads to major donation two weeks later for Louisville’s Hildegard House

By Loretto Community / March 3, 2025 /

Video posted by WHAS11 on February 27, 2025. This news story features co-member Karen Cassidy, a retired nurse who founded Hildegard House. Hildegard House provides “a home and compassionate care…

New Kentucky bill could let religious organizations develop affordable housing: What to know

By Loretto Community / February 17, 2025 /

Updated February 17, 2025 Senate passes Higdon Bill to expand affordable housing Senate Bill 59 heads to House Click here to read about the Kentucky Senate passing the Higdon Bill…

Loretto legacy remains vibrant: Historic Loretto Heights building secures major EPA grant for community center transformation

By Loretto Community / January 15, 2025 /

Loretto is proud to celebrate the EPA awarding a grant of more than $20 million to COMMÚN in support of the work to save and re-develop Machebeuf Hall, part of the…

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