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Midweek Mission Messages

Midweek Mission Messages are articles highlighting different mission focuses and/or issues that Loretto is committed to addressing. Go here to sign up for the weekly Midweek Mission Message emails.

Update from the Loretto Land Justice Committee

By Loretto Community / February 12, 2025 /

The Loretto Land Justice Team of 2022-2024 has just transitioned into the Loretto Land Justice Committee of 2025-2029. And the work continues without a break: For two properties, in Kansas and in…

LACC Immigration Spotlight

By Loretto Community / February 5, 2025 /

By Rosa Lizarde CoL The Latin America/Caribbean Committee (LACC) hosted our first Immigration Spotlight of 2025 on Jan. 24, four days after Inauguration Day. For us it was vital to provide…

Loretto Retreats Monday Musings

By Loretto Community / January 31, 2025 /

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

The “Unseen” Effects of Immigration

By Loretto Community / January 22, 2025 /

By Iris Cano, Loretto Justice Fellow Migration is often seen as a pathway to a better life, filled with hope for new opportunities. However, from what I have witnessed firsthand,…

One-and-a-half years of being a Loretto Justice Fellow

By Loretto Community / January 8, 2025 /

By Arantza de Jesus Before entering the Fellowship, I never thought that my work and personal life could get along; it always felt like I had to pick one or…

Recognizing My Voice and Agency in Shaping the Future of My Community

By Loretto Community / December 18, 2024 /

By Loretto Justice Fellow Anamaria Solis (bachelor’s of social work student, graduating May 2025) When I first began my social work education, I volunteered in case management at Sacred Heart’s migrant…

Why Are we using Elaine Prevallet’s book, “Making the Shift?” 

By Mary Ellen McElroy SL / November 20, 2024 /

This piece is an excerpt from the Loretto Link Annual Meeting this past weekend. For those of you who do not know anything about Elaine Prevallet, let me just tell…

Wren Smith honored

By Loretto Community / November 7, 2024 /

In December Wren Smith will be honored at the National Association for Interpretation (NAI) annual conference in St. Augustine, Fla. Wren is an NAI-certified interpretive trainer. Wren, a co-member, is…

Considering Life and Death

By Mary Ann McGivern SL / October 30, 2024 /

Kaitlyn Marie Wise was killed on Valentine’s Day, 2023. She was 29 years old and lived in Lebanon, Marion County, Kentucky. On May 13, 2024, more than a year later,…

Letter to the Editor

By Allison Lemons CoL / October 23, 2024 /

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…

Update from Loretto/BVM at the UN

By Beth Blissman CoL / October 16, 2024 /

October is indeed a month of bountiful harvests — just a few weeks ago we recognized the International Day of Non-Violence, and today is World Food Day (WFD). WFD is celebrated internationally…

Loretto Justice Fellows Update

By Annie Rosenkranz / October 2, 2024 /

Just a few months after completing their program year with us, all seven 2023/2024 Loretto Justice Fellows have continued in service to others, work for justice and actions for peace. Four…

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