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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.
Letter from St. Mary’s Academy President Iswari Natarajan
Dear SMA Community, Since the 1990s teachers and staff from St. Mary’s Academy, Loretto Academy and Nerinx Hall High School have traveled to Loretto’s Motherhouse in rural Kentucky for the annual Teacher Immersion. Loretto’s home since 1824, the Motherhouse encompasses…
Loretto Justice Fellowship Spring Retreat
Loretto Justice Fellows gathered April 18-19 for our spring retreat. Each led retreat offerings for her peers — including prayer, personal journaling prompts, facilitated group reflection, sharing and creating art. Outside facilitators guided practices centered on resilience, restoration and nourishment…
Jubilee of Hope Reflections
This year was declared by Pope Francis as a “Jubilee of Hope” with its theme, “Pilgrims of Hope.” We asked the Community, what is something that makes you hopeful right now and for the future? How can you spread hope…
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion shine at CSW69
The participants have spoken — attendees of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) last month answered the question: What did you find most valuable about attending CSW69? Here are a few representative answers: Perhaps one of our…
Spring’s Rush
In spring’s rush buds push like impatient children, in a tearing hurry, desperate it seems to grow into lushness. And I, like a doting parent, beg them to linger in their adorable childhood; small and barely green, their incipient color,…
Painting love and gratitude
My mother, my grandmother, my aunt, my friend. These honored ones, whose names were part of an art project, were some of those remembered in the painting on wooden blocks. The painters gathered on Feb. 1 in the Conference Room…
IGNITE Event Reflection
A key goal of the Loretto Justice Fellowship program is to carry forward Loretto’s legacy, particularly in empowering Loretto-connected young women to work for justice and act for peace, doing so in ways that are rooted in relationship and supportive…
Update from the Loretto Land Justice Committee
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 Texas, the team/committee is charged with studying the history, current…
LACC Immigration Spotlight
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 a space for sharing, to build solidarity and to hear…
Loretto Retreats Monday Musings
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 a few of the musings with you. … I love…
The “Unseen” Effects of Immigration
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, it can come with profound psychological challenges. Through my work…
One-and-a-half years of being a Loretto Justice Fellow
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 the other. When I entered the Fellowship, I discovered that…