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Loretto in the News
Enjoy this list of news stories featuring the Loretto Community and/or its members.
Sisters hope new pope will continue Francis’ prophetic pastoral path
Posted by National Catholic Reporter April 28, 2025 Catholic sisters, including those based at the United Nations and whose ministries focus on international concerns, say Pope Francis set an example for the whole world in shedding a spotlight on the…
This progressive Catholic school helped shape generations of young KC women
Posted by the Kansas City Star April 23, 2025 The Sisters of Loretto, a Catholic order that originated in Kentucky, came to Kansas City in 1899. Their mission here and in other growing cities was to educate young women, and…
Pope Francis Was a Champion, if an Imperfect One, for L.G.B.T.Q. People
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 decision: taking the name of Francis, after St. Francis of…
2025 Mayor’s Design Awards Nominees
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 Mayor’s Design Award. The criteria for this category is “Renovations…
First Friday Club of Cleveland hears plans for Women Religious Archives Collaborative
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, her passion for the project was evident. “Today is about…
Press release: Kentucky Foundation for Women announces Winter/Spring 2025 Loretto Artist Residents
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 of Loretto and KFW. Residencies span one to three weeks…
UN event spotlights the challenge of ‘rollback’ of women’s rights
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 United Nations, marked the 30th anniversary of the landmark 1995…
Support for bishops’ immigration statement
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 of Loretto/Loretto Community and Ursuline Sisters of Louisville, supporting the…
5 Awe-inspiring Catholic sites not to miss in Kentucky
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 the Proto-Abbey of the New World, the motherhouse of all…
Letter to the editor: Restore the USAID
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 our county community are as dismayed as I am by…
Spring groundbreaking eyed for Sisters Heritage Center
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 and celebrate the unique histories and contributions of Catholic sisters.…
A prayer to God leads to major donation two weeks later for Louisville’s Hildegard House
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 for individuals at the end of life who have no…