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Loretto in the News
Enjoy this list of news stories featuring the Loretto Community and/or its members.
New Kentucky bill could let religious organizations develop affordable housing: What to know
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 to expand affordable housing. Sister Joy Jensen SL and the…
Loretto legacy remains vibrant: Historic Loretto Heights building secures major EPA grant for community center transformation
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 historic Loretto Heights campus. COMMÚN, directed by Margaret Brugger, is…
Following Trump’s victory, sisters express worry about future of ‘common good’
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 Trump presidency and what it portends for U.S. policy on…
Loretto Living Center at Loretto Motherhouse receives a 5 star rating from U.S. News and World Report
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 rating of High Performing. It is a small facility with…
Student Literacy Corps continues Loretto legacy
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 it is now, is to work for justice, always viewing…
Black Catholics, alumni of old St. Monica, recall their school days
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 discipline and their emphasis on faith and academic formation set…
Meet the sisters in the Together Program
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 more about their inspiring journeys to Chicago! … Maribah IshaqSisters…
Kentucky Foundation for Women announces 2024 summer/fall Loretto Artist Residents
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 of Loretto and KFW. Residencies span one to three weeks…
Vatican synod is opening the door a bit wider for Catholic women − but they’ve been knocking for more than 100 years
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 synod, a gathering of bishops whose second session opened on…
The Enduring Mystery of the Loretto Chapel Staircase
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 helix-shaped spiral staircase at Loretto Chapel has long puzzled visitors,…
At UN Summit of the Future, sisters highlight root causes of poverty
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 the Future” at the United Nations can help refocus needed…
Loretto Academy to purchase its leased property
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 president-elect, Sister Mary Boesen, said the sisters have made similar…