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LOREtto
Welcome to LOREtto, a blog created by Loretto Heritage Center to share insights into the rich history of the Loretto Community. Learn more about our Heritage Center and archives.
Framing the Past
In 2024, The Loretto Heritage Center received grant funding from the KY Historical Society, through the Local History Trust Fund, to fuel our project to reframe the most sensitive framed pieces in our artifact collection. This selection included paper documents,…
Two Loretto Magazines
This summer, the Heritage Center received a grant from the Kentucky Historical Society to purchase a dandy new book scanner to scan much of our collection of materials from the Sisters’ schools in Kentucky. The grant was part of the…
The City Workhouse Library
By Ashley Doughty The Loretto Heritage Center was pleased to host Ashley as our summer intern. Ashley is spent the summer living at the Valley House and working with the personal papers of Sr. Maureen McCormack. Ashley comes to us…
A Loretto Labyrinth
Written by Ashley Doughty. The Loretto Heritage Center is pleased to host Ashley as our summer intern. Ashley is spending the summer living at the Valley House and working with the personal papers Sr. Maureen McCormack. She decided to write…
Is Spiderman Buried at the Loretto Motherhouse? Our Lady of Sorrows Cemetery Questions Asked (and Mostly Answered)
This summer, the Loretto Heritage Center and Loretto’s Communications Team is proud to launch our publicly accessible necrology and cemetery database. This searchable database will provide birth and death information for deceased Loretto Community members. The database will also indicate…
English Elm Tree
Sr. Anndavid Naeger wrote this week about the beautiful English Elm tree on the Motherhouse Campus. For many years, Anndavid has written a newsletter called “Our Days at Loretto Motherhouse” for Loretto Community Members. In celebration of all things tree,…
LOREtto blog shares stories about cool Loretto history!
Loretto Heritage Center staff preserve the papers and artifacts that document Loretto’s 200-year history; ensure that those who are interested have access to the collections, stories and resources housed at the Heritage Center; and share Loretto’s stories among the Community…
Loretto and the Bicentennial
This article was republished from the Fall 1976 issue of Loretto Magazine. When available, the original photograph used in the publication was scanned. Where the original photos couldn’t be located, scans from the magazine were used. Photo captions have also…
Snoopy in the Archives
An article in Sister Ann David Naeger’s newsletter “Our Days at Loretto Motherhouse” dated August 31, 2015 tells the story behind an original Charles Schulz Snoopy cartoon housed in the Loretto Archives. The cartoon features Schulz’s handwritten caption, “I can…
For a New Age: In Kentucky and Colorado Loretto’s Newest Members Set Strides
Original author unknown This article was republished from the Winter 1964 issue of Loretto Magazine. It takes a look at the changes to the Loretto Novitiate in the 1960s. When available, the original photograph used in the publication was scanned.…
Doctor Who?
Though she may not be known for the sharp wit and teasing personality of Patrick Troughton, the iconic scarf and K9 companion of Tom Baker, or the resigned determination of John Hurt, it may be argued that former Sister of…
Putting the Pieces Together on Immigration
One of the most intriguing aspects of an archival collection is that it contains many bits and pieces that, woven together, reveal entire stories. Sometimes a curious researcher comes upon the many pieces of a big, international story. In the Loretto…