Midweek Mission Messages

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Pakistan Update — You’ve Got Mail!

By Claudia Calzetta SL / September 4, 2024 /

Three young Pakistani women in their 20s and 30s standing together smiling for a photo.

Hello Loretto, Back from Chicago and want you all to know the latest about Maribah, Saima and Shaista. The trip was wonderful and all are fully immersed in their new…

A possible new slogan: “Tell the truth”

By Kim Klein CoL / August 28, 2024 /

Almost every presidential campaign has slogans. One that could be repurposed for today’s presidential election is Lyndon Johnson’s anti-Goldwater slogan, “In your guts, you know he’s nuts.” Johnson’s far more lasting slogan…

Living in an Expanded World

By Martha Alderson CoL / August 21, 2024 /

A clear lake reflecting the slightly cloudy but bright blue sky above. Large green trees and a hill with a Mary statue at the bottom are reflected in the water as well.

Sometimes we underestimate the value of reaching out beyond ourselves, whether on a personal level or on a community level. We like the comfort of an intimate space where we…

Ag Bash Smash!

By Loretto Community / August 14, 2024 /

From left, an older woman with grey hair, glasses and a green t-shirt stands smiling with a young woman with brown curly hair wearing a blue tank top and jean overalls. They are standing together in front of a sign that says "new pioneers for a sustainable future."

Over 400 children and grown-ups showed up at Loretto Motherhouse on Saturday, Aug. 3, to play in the corn, soybean and wheat boxes (no sand here), pet the four-day-old chicks…

Let Us Not Forget, Let Us Remember

By Loretto Community / August 7, 2024 /

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.

A New Partnership for Loretto at the UN

By Loretto Community / August 1, 2024 /

Loretto at the UN is happy to announce an inspiring new partnership with the global organization Sisters Rising Worldwide (SRW). SRW is a relatively new nonprofit making it possible for sisters to overcome…

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / July 24, 2024 /

A fritillary brown speckled butterfly on a joe-pye weed surrounded by greenery.

Every Monday, Loretto retreat staff Susan Classen and JoAnn Gates write a Monday Musing reflection for social media. In case you don’t have social media we’d like to share a…

Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes Review

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / June 26, 2024 /

A Sadakao statue: a young girl with a pony tail holding up a book with a bird emerging from the open book, and a plain white wall background.

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,…

Immigration, Borders and the Way We See and Experience Them

By Jean East CoL / June 19, 2024 /

Colorful Loretto Community banner shows a silhouetted family holding hands with the words "Danger?" above. A Gospel quote follows: "I was a stranger and you took me in," Matthew 25:35.

Is the reality of people crossing our southern border with Mexico the snapshots you see on the news at least two or three times a week? Isn’t crossing borders a…

The Urgent Fight to Save Sacred Land

By Christina Manweller / June 12, 2024 /

A young indigenous girl with big glasses, long dark hair and a necklace with a shell on it stands powerfully holding a sign that says "Holy Holy Holy Holy Protect Oak Flat."

The San Carlos Apache tribe in Arizona is still trying to save the holy land at Chi’chil Biłdagoteel, or Oak Flat, from destruction. Our April 3 MMM included an Action Alert…

Commemorating a Banner Year: 200 Years at the Loretto Motherhouse

By Loretto Community / June 5, 2024 /

In 1824, the Loretto sisters and early community were uprooted from Little Loretto, land they had occupied since 1812. The bishop had asked them to move so that a group…

Let’s celebrate Loretto’s newest Co-members!

By Loretto Community / May 29, 2024 /

A man on the left, and a woman on the right sitting together at a table, with a woman leaning down in between them to smile for a picture together. They are outdoors in front of greenery and spruce trees with other tables and people behind them.

Christina Garcia CoL was accepted as a co-member on March 21, 2023. She and her husband and two daughters live in Denver where she is a teacher at St. Mary’s…

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The Loretto Community consists of the congregation of the Sisters of Loretto and Loretto Co-members. The congregation of the Sisters of Loretto at the Foot of the Cross was founded in rural Kentucky in 1812. Today, our Sisters and Co-members continue to live out the Loretto Community’s mission to “work for justice and act for peace because the Gospel urges us.” In the United States and throughout the world, Loretto Community members serve in many fields, including education, healthcare, elder care, environmental stewardship and advocacy.