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Loretto Peace Committee
Many Loretto Community members engage in the work of peace-making. The Loretto Committee for Peace is responsible for general community peace education work and related activities for the common good. Learn more about our Justice and Peace work.
Moral Monday – Speak Out for Justice
On Monday Aug. 18, 2025, the Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee hosted a Speak Out for Justice event outside of Rep. James Comer’s Danville, Ky. office. There were roughly 75 attendees including the Loretto sisters and co-members, Dominican sisters, participants from…
Peace Prayer
By Mary Ellen McElroy We all are aware of the August 6 and 9 bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 80 years ago by the United States military. And we are becoming more aware of the U.S. military continuing to develop…
Photo album: Loretto members tirelessly pursue justice and peace
Explore the rich story of Loretto’s peacemaking history in the Winter 2021 issue of Loretto Magazine. 1990s We are called to be missionaries of peace. … It means making space in our hearts for all, and believing that differences are…
Loretto Peace Committees act for the welfare of all
Loretto has had a Peace Committee working to end war and create a peace culture since the beginning of committee structures within the government we established in 1970. Members are appointed by the Community Forum to educate and represent the…
Letter to the Editor
Below is a letter to the editor I wrote that was printed in the Santa Fe New Mexican on Aug. 17. The important thing is to get people across the country thinking about nuclear weapons and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM). ICBM’s contain…
Let Us Not Forget, Let Us Remember
On Aug. 6, 2024, the Loretto Peace Committee held a beautiful prayerful remembrance Zoom to commemorate the bombing of Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945. You can watch the recording below.
Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Review
The Loretto Peace Committee decided last August to promote Eleanor Coerr’s historical novel for children about an 11-year-old named Sadako. Sadako [Sa da’ ko] is a healthy girl, a runner on the middle school track team, who lives in a happy family in Hiroshima, Japan, 10…
Loretto’s two peace committees take small & large steps to cultivate peace
The Loretto Motherhouse Peace Committee reactivated this past summer after having had to pause during the early pandemic. Taking small steps for justice is an important way to cultivate a culture of peace on the Motherhouse campus and throughout the…
Loretto urgently calls for end to Middle East war
Loretto grieves the deaths in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank. Tens of thousands of people have been killed, mostly women and children. All their homes in Gaza are gone. The survivors in Gaza are starving. We, the Loretto Community,…
Nov. 11 – Celebrate Armistice Day as Peace Day
At the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, World War I came to an end 105 years ago. On that day in 1918, people celebrated the end of the “War to End Wars” and established Armistice…
Nuns Against Gun Violence Call to Action
We stand Full of sorrow, full of tears Full of fears, Twisting in the wind, reeling in horror; We stand with mourners; We stand with first responders; We stand against violence. We stand together, sharing our anguish, holding steady together.…
Loretto members, friends remember horror of Hiroshima, call for no new nuclear bombs!
Earlier this month Loretto members and friends traveled to Albuquerque, N.M., to join in the solemn commemoration of the bombing of Hiroshima, Japan. At 5:16 p.m. Aug. 5, a bell tolled to mark the moment the bomb was dropped. We…