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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.
Loretto Motherhouse To Host Kentucky State Senate, District 14, Candidate Forum July 11
Update – coverage of the candidate forum can be read on the Kentucky Standard website. The Loretto Motherhouse will host a public forum for candidates running for Kentucky State Senate, District 14, from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 11,…
Loretto Motherhouse To Host Marion County Sheriff Candidates Forum March 14
The Loretto Motherhouse will host a public forum for candidates running for Marion County Sheriff from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 14, in the Conference Room of the Motherhouse Academy Building, 430 Academy Lane, Nerinx, Ky. All are welcome.…
Marion County Jailer Candidate Forum Forum Feb. 28
Loretto Motherhouse To Host Marion County Jailer Candidates Forum Feb. 28 The Loretto Motherhouse will host a public forum for candidates running for Marion County Jailer from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Conference Room of the…
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…
Prayer services for peace – remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The Peace Committee is offering two prayer services to pray for peace and to remember the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and on Nagasaki. The prayer services will take place at 11am EDT on August 6 and 11am…
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…